A Swedish appeals court has increased the prison sentence for 19-year-old Faris Al Abdullah, who was convicted of planning a suicide attack at the Stockholm Culture Festival in the name of the Islamic State. The Svea Court of Appeal raised his sentence from seven years and ten months to nine years and ten months in prison. Al Abdullah was originally convicted in January for multiple serious crimes with connections to IS, including preparation for a terrorist offense and serious participation in a terrorist organization, which he admitted to.
The court also found him guilty, along with an 18-year-old accomplice, of planning a murder in the German town of Eppstein in August 2024. The younger accomplice received an increased sentence of one year and eight months in closed youth care. Both men have denied the murder planning allegations in Germany and are appealing the verdicts.