/nginx/o/2024/10/18/16426805t1hbc77.png)
/nginx/o/2017/02/09/6323455t1h0c72.png)
:format(webp)/nginx/o/2025/06/13/16918867t1hbd0a.jpg)
The Internal Security Service (ISS) suspects an Estonian citizen of attempting to join a terrorist organization in Lebanon, the 18-year-old man is in custody.
According to the suspicion, the Estonian citizen attempted to travel to Lebanon via Turkey to join a terrorist organization. The suspect was detained at Tallinn Airport on May 13 before he could board the flight.
The suspect, the 18-year-old Jevgeni, has been in custody since May 15 and evidence is being actively collected in the criminal case, Kauri Sinkevicius, spokesperson for the prosecutor's office, said.
The ISS suspects the 18-year-old man of attempting to travel for terrorist purposes.
The Penal Code, in the subsection on terrorist crimes, contains a separate provision on traveling for terrorist purposes, which states that entry into the Republic of Estonia or travel to another country for the purposes of committing a terrorist crime or for the purposes or organization or receipt of terrorist training is punishable by up to five years’ imprisonment.