Kreshnik berisha biography of mahatma
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German 'Islamic State fighter' offered deal by prosecutors - BBC...
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By Frank Jordans The Associated Press
BERLIN—A 20-year-old German man went on trial in Frankfurt on Monday on charges he was a member of the extremist Islamic State group, the first such case to come to court in Germany.
Prosecutors allege that Kreshnik Berisha, who once played for a Jewish football club, travelled last year to Syria and fought with the group before returning to Germany five months later.
Berisha, who faces up to 10 years in prison for membership of a foreign terrorist organization, was arrested at Frankfurt airport in December and has been held in detention since.
Heightened security measures have been put in place for the trial, which is expected to last until at least November.
It opens just days after Germany formally banned I