7 found guilty of robbing German churches to finance jihad - AP

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7 found guilty of robbing German churches to finance jihad

 BERLIN (AP) -- A German court has found seven men guilty of burglarizing churches to financially support Islamic extremists fighting in Syria.

Cologne's regional court sentenced the men to between three years and 6 months, and four years and 10 months in prison for the robberies.

Judges say that there's sufficient proof the men - aged between 24 and 37 - broke into up to five churches and other buildings between 2013 and 2014.

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