The man, who is a Danish citizen, is wanted internationally for terrorism, yet claims to be stuck in Syria. Now he is calling for Denmark's help to come home. His case, however, has left the Danish authorities perplexed, as there is no given mechanism for how to proceed.
Jacob el-Ali, 29, who left Denmark to join the Islamist cause in the Middle East and has been wanted since 2014, has expressed regret and is admittedly ready to return for a “fair trial” in the Scandinavian country, the Danish daily Jyllands-Posten reported.
Previously, el-Ali published photos of himself on Facebook posing with a gun and hand grenades amid severed heads and bloody corpses in the Syrian city of Raqqa. On his belt, the emblem of Daesh* was visible, according to the Danish daily.
In an interview with Radio24syv, el-Ali claimed to be suffering from remorse and asked for an opportunity to return via Turkey.
“I have talked to the Danish authorities about returning home; I have called the Danish police. I have talked to my lawyer about it; I have called the Danish embassy and there is not really anyone who will help. What they actually say to us is that we just have to stay here and die,” el-Ali said about himself and fellow Danish jihadis.
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