Bulgarian
prosecutors have charged three Syrians with attempting to join Islamic
State militant group after border patrols arrested them as they tried to
enter Turkey from Bulgaria, the interior ministry said on Monday. The
three Syrians, who had refugee status from Germany, had already made
one unsuccessful attempt to enter Turkey through Greece earlier this
year, the ministry said. "During
operational activities their affiliation to Islamic State has been
established, as well as their intention to join the terrorist group,"
the ministry said in a statement. The three
men, who had already been given six-month suspended sentences for
attempting to cross the Bulgarian-Turkish border illegally. They now
face up to 10 years in jail if convicted. Bulgaria, which
lies across one of the routes of migrants and refugees influx to western
Europe, has called on Brussels to close all its external borders until
it comes up with a joint solution to the migrant crisis. (Reuters)
Bulgaria charges three Syrians with trying to join Islamic State
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