Background
Jason Walters was born on 6 March 1985 to an American soldier based in the Netherlands and a Dutch woman.
Jason Walters was born on 6 March 1985 to an American soldier based in the Netherlands and a Dutch woman.
His neighbors stated that he was pro-American when he was adolescent. In 2006, Walters was convicted by a Dutch court and sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment. Walters has made at least one visit to Pakistan and possibly to Afghanistan where it is alleged he has received training at a terrorist training camp.
Walters was arrested along with Ismail Akhnikh on November 10, 2004, after a massive 14 hour siege in The Hague.
Near the end of this siege, hand grenades were thrown at police. In 2003, Walters wrote a farewell letter to his mother.
On 10 March 2006, Walters was convicted with eight others in the Netherlands on charges of terrorism. He was sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment but was released from prison in May 2013.
The General Intelligence and Security Office (AIVD) suspects Walters is a senior member of the Hofstad Network, a terror cell based in the Netherlands.