Trio of family members jailed for having terrorist propaganda
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/25/trio-family-members-jailed-having-terrorist-propaganda/
Three members of the same family have been jailed for terror offences after police foiled a jewellery raid they believe was intended to fund Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil).
Asma Aweys, 30, her partner Abdulaziz Abu Munye, 27, and her brother Ahmed Aweys, 33, were all arrested when police investigating a burglary plot found terrorist propaganda on their mobile devices.
In one message, Aweys, a mother-of-two from Edmonton in north London, labelled Ariana Grande as “the devil” in relation to the Manchester bombing and described the Westminster terror attack as the “decree of Allah.”
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.
Tips on the best way to injure people using knives, including which type of blade is most effective, were also contained in the magazines.
There was also information about how to make Molotov cocktails and napalm to be used in arson attacks.
Munye, who lived with Aweys also sent a a 58-minute IS propaganda video, called Flames Of War 2, to his brother in law.
The video contained footage of brutal executions, battle scenes and references to attacks in the West.
The Old Bailey heard that the three had come to police attention when officers began investigating members of the family over an alleged conspiracy to burgle a jewellery shop in Ilford, east London.
A source close to the investigation said it was believed the plot had been part of a plan to raise funds for Isil.
After they were arrested police began to analyse their phones and evidence of terrorist material was discovered.
Acting Commander Alexis Boon, head of the Met’s counter terrorism command, said: “Counter terrorism 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.”
Asma Aweys, was jailed for one year and seven months after admitting three counts of collecting information useful to a terrorist.
Her partner, Munye, was jailed for one year and three months for one count of disseminating a terrorist publication, while her brother, Ahmed Aweys, was jailed for two years and one month for three counts of disseminating terrorist publications.
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