Kreshnik berisha biography for kids

As recently as 2011 he appeared “very nice, unassuming,” according to Jewish soccer club he played for.
BERLIN (AP) — 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 soccer club, traveled to Syria last year and fought with the group before returning to Germany five months later.

Berisha, who was arrested at Frankfurt airport in December, faces up to 10 years in prison for membership in a foreign terrorist organization.

But judge Thomas Sagebiel indicated that Berisha could receive a prison sentence between 3 ¼ years and 4 ¼ years if he cooperates and prosecutors agree to a deal.

Heightened security measures have been put in place for the trial, which is expected to last until at least November.

It opened just days after Germany for