the four children of Tatiana Wielandt and Bouchra Abouallal, two widows of jihadists, arrived in Belgium

Four of the six children of widows of jihadists from the Islamic State (IS), Tatiana Wielandt (27) and Bouchra Abouallal (26), arrived in Belgium on Monday afternoon, the Antwerp prosecutor’s office said.

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The two youngest children stay with the two women in Turkey, where they are detained.

The children returning to Belgium are 8, 7, 5 and 5 years old. “They will first be hospitalized before being taken care of,” added Damen. “This is the normal youth court procedure. “

The return of the children to Belgium is a choice of the parents. “A justified choice, everyone hopes that these children will be able to continue their lives in a decent, innocent way, and to do what every child has the right, that is to say, play, develop, study and enjoy a human future. “Continues the lawyer. “All of this will be done under close surveillance by the government and the relevant authorities. Children have the right to be forgotten as children of IS and to be considered in the future as ordinary children. “

The Antwerp prosecutor’s office confirms that the children are on their way to Belgium. “We have carefully prepared their return in collaboration with the Federal Prosecutor’s Office, the Federal Judicial Police of Antwerp, the local police of Antwerp and the Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen hospital center. Children will have medical checks as soon as they arrive, “said prosecutor Kristof Aerts.

On October 30, the Antwerp Court of Appeal sentenced Tatiana Wielandt and Bouchra Abouallal to five-year prison terms and fines of 8,000 euros. The defendants were sentenced for participating in a terrorist group as combatants in Syria.

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