LONDON (Halbeeg News) – The United Kingdom (UK) has jailed a woman for taking part in a terror attack in 2017 in Westminster.
Asma Aweys, 30, was sentenced to 19 months for her role in January 2018 attack.
The mother of two from Edmonton, north London was sentenced alongside her brother and husband.
Aweys was also found to have three copies of the English language IS magazine Rumiyah on her phone last April.
Articles in the publications offered advice such as how to “inflict misery and destruction on the enemies of Allah” through methods including vehicle attacks.
Ahmed Aweys, a brother to Asma, was jailed for 25 months, Asma’s husband Abdulaziz Abu Munye was sent behind bars for 15 months.
The family downloaded and shared ISIS material while bragging: “We are embedded in their societies, we are the enemy within.”
Two of Aweys’ brothers — Wail and Suleyman – had travelled to Syria in early 2015 and are believed to have died in the fighting.
The family’s lawyer, Rhiannon Crimmins, tried to defend the family’s action stating they were merely trying to find out what had happened to the missing siblings.
However, the judge, Mark Dennis QC, dismissed the argument, stating: “The WhatsApp messaging speaks volumes. It is apparent that other adults related to the defendants shared similar views and varying degrees of support for the extremist cause.”
Acting Commander Alexis Boon, head of the Met’s counter-terrorism command, said: “Counterterrorism and flying squad officers worked together to apprehend three brothers involved in a conspiracy to burgle a jeweller’s.
“Afterward, when we saw what was on Ahmed Aweys’ phone, the investigation quickly escalated into a terrorism probe involving him, his sister and her husband.
“In their Whatsapp conversations, Ahmed Aweys and Abdulaziz Munye laughed about a sickening video that showed people being brutally executed by terrorists.
“It is obvious they fully support the murder of innocent people for terrorist purposes, so I am pleased that my officers have ensured they are no longer free to continue peddling this toxic propaganda.”
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