A 32-year-old woman will appear in court in Sydney this morning after being charged on her arrival back in Australia last night with being a member of Islamic State.
Janai Safar was part of a group of 13 women and children who arrived back in separate flights – one into Sydney and one into Melbourne – last night.
She was escorted off the plane by police officers and later charged with entering, or remaining in, declared areas, and being a member of a terrorist organisation, Australian federal police said on Thursday night.
Both offences carry a maximum penalty of up to 10 years’ imprisonment.
Two other women from the group – Kawsar Abbas, 53, and her daughter Zeinab Ahmad, 31 – were arrested by officers from the Victorian joint counter-terrorism team at Melbourne airport. Abbas’ other daughter, 33-year-old Zahra Ahmad, was not arrested or charged. The women arrived with eight children.
Here’s our full story:
Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Nick Visser with the main action.
A woman who arrived back in Australia last night after spending more than seven years in Syrian detention camps will appear at Downing Centre local court this morning charged with allegedly entering a declared conflict zone and joining Islamic State. More coming up.
Disclaimer : This story is auto aggregated by a computer programme and has not been created or edited by DOWNTHENEWS. Publisher: theguardian.com
