Syrian refugee lies for visa

– A German court yesterday sentenced a Syrian refugee to seven years in jail for fighting with the Islamic State group, but found that he had lied about being part of a terror cell planning an attack in Duesseldorf.

Saleh A presented himself to police in Paris in 2016, claiming to be a part of an IS “sleeper cell” planning a gun and suicide bomb assault in the city.

But during his trial, prosecutors concluded he had invented the terror plot story. Through false statements, Saleh A “had hoped to win the right to stay in Germany”, DPA news agency reported. –