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Islamic State devotee who helped wannabe terrorist could be free in months

June 10, 2022 Adam Cooper and Erin Pearson  

(Age) A radicalised young Melbourne woman who helped a wannabe terrorist in his plan to fight for Islamic State could be free from prison within three months despite not having renounced her past devotion to an extreme ideology. Hadashah Sa’adat Khan was […]

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Terrorist’s jail term raised to 48 years after garden shears attack

December 3, 2021 Adam Cooper  

(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 […]

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Extremist sought global headlines in jailhouse terror attack, court told

October 20, 2021 Adam Cooper  

(Age) A “soldier of Islamic State” jailed for 42 years for a frenzied stabbing attack faces more jail time after she attacked a Canadian fellow inmate with garden shears in the hope of generating international headlines. Momena Shoma was less than three […]

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Jailed terrorist admits to prison attack

October 4, 2021 Gus McCubbing  

(AAP) A woman serving a decades-long jail sentence has pleaded guilty to engaging in a terrorist act in prison. Momena Shoma is serving a 42-year prison sentence in Melbourne’s Dame Phyllis Frost women’s prison. Shoma, 28, on Monday faced the Victorian Supreme […]

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Convicted terrorist admits stabbing inmate, being Islamic State member

June 29, 2021 Erin Pearson  

(Age) A convicted terrorist serving 42 years in prison for an attack on her Melbourne homestay host is facing more time behind bars after pleading guilty to stabbing a fellow inmate while in custody and being a member of Islamic State. Bangladeshi […]

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‘Love you to infinity and beyond’: Jailhouse letters revealed as alleged terrorism sympathiser fights for freedom

February 3, 2021 Erin Pearson  

(Age) Secret jailhouse letters traded between a convicted terrorist and a Melbourne woman accused of recruiting for Islamic State have been read aloud in court as one of the women fights to be released back into the community. Hadashah Sa’adat Khan, 23, […]

Legal

‘Repugnant’ tiny terrorist gets 42 years

June 5, 2019 Benita Kolovos  

(AAP) Roger Singaravelu opened his heart and home to a young woman who had left her native Bangladesh to study in Melbourne. Less than 48 hours later, while napping with his five-year-old daughter, the woman plunged a knife into his neck with […]

Children & Teens

Bangladeshi student’s lone wolf terror attack in Melbourne left daughter with flashbacks, victim says

January 29, 2019 Sarah Farnsworth  

(ABC-Australia) Roger Singaravelu was enjoying an afternoon nap with his five-year-old daughter when he became the victim of a terrorist attack in his suburban Melbourne home. “I don’t believe I will ever recover,” Mr Singaravelu told the Victorian Supreme Court in his […]

Clothing

Woman won’t stand for judge, lifts her veil to plead guilty to knifing

September 20, 2018 Adam Cooper  

(Age) A young woman who stabbed a Melbourne man in the name of the Islamic State has lifted her niqab veil in court to plead guilty to intentionally engaging in a terrorist act. Momena Shoma, 25, refused to stand in the dock […]

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