Man claimed Isis membership

June 21, 2024   

(Otago Daily Times) A man claiming to be an Isis member threatened government employees because he wanted to be deported, a court has heard.

Mohammed Omar Mohammed Al-Attas, 33, appeared in the Dunedin District Court yesterday after he admitted two charges of speaking threateningly.

The court heard that on November 2, the defendant sent an email to a staff member at the Ministry of Social Development that read: “Me and my family are ISIS and I were plan [sic] to do ISIS activity in New Zealand.”

The employee was “significantly” concerned and alerted police.

Al-Attas later sent a message to a counsellor stating: “F… this country, I want to go back to my original country.”

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