Austrian court jails Syrian for life for killing Assad soldiers
VIENNA -- An Austrian court jailed a Syrian asylum seeker for life for murdering 20 wounded soldiers of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's army while fighting alongside an anti-Assad militia near the city of Homs, a court spokesman said.
An interpreter had told the court the 27-year-old man recounted the episode to him in Arabic, but the accused argued his statement had been mistranslated.
The jury decided against the man late on Wednesday, according to the spokesman.
