(Age) A self-described “soldier of Islamic State” who stabbed another woman in prison has been sentenced for a second terrorist act and had her jail term increased to 48 years.
Momena Shoma was less than three years into a marathon stretch at Melbourne’s Dame Phyllis Frost prison when, on October 30 last year, she used garden shears in an attempt to kill another woman.
Shoma targeted the inmate because the woman was Canadian, in the hope the attack would generate international media coverage. She later admitted she intended to kill the woman for Islamic State.
The victim saw the shears in time to raise her hands in defence and suffered a cut to the base of her left thumb, the Supreme Court heard, as other prisoners disarmed Shoma. The attacker was seen laughing soon after.
