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Three ISIS-linked women arrested after arriving back in Australia ...
A woman linked to ISIS is facing a terrorism charge and two others are accused of slavery offences after returning to Australia on Thursday night from Doha. The women were arrested at Sydney and Melbourne airports, two weeks after they left a refugee camp in Syria.The women were part of a group with links to the collapsed Islamic State who spent more than six years in refugee camps. One group touched down at Melbourne Airport shortly before 5:30pm this evening, while a woman and her child landed in Sydney on a separate flight about 15 minutes later.The two women arrested in Melbourne are believed to be 53-year-old Kawsar Abbas and 31-year-old Zeinab Ahmed, while the woman arrested in Sydney is believed to be 32-year-old Janai Safar.Janai Safar was arrested by police upon her arrival in Sydney. (ABC News)Trio face multiple charges including crimes against humanityAFP Assistant Commissioner Counter Terrorism Stephen Nutt held a press conference in Canberra, announcing the women arrested in Melbourne would be charged with crimes against humanity, including enslavement.The woman believed to be Kawsar Abbas was also accused of slave trading. "Both offences carry a maximum penalty of 25 years imprisonment," he said.Assistant Commissioner Stephen Nutt said a 32-year-old woman arrested in Sydney would be charged with being a member of a terrorist organisation and entering or remaining in a declared area.The charges carry maximum 10-year prison terms.Assistant Commissioner Stephen Nutt says the maximum penalty for each of the proposed charges is a decade or more behind bars. (ABC News)He said he expected all three women would appear in courts in Melbourne and Sydney as early as tomorrow.Assistant Commissioner Nutt said the offences were alleged to have occurred in Syria, with the police operation stretching back to 2015."I'm not going to talk in any specific detail about any case because the matters are before the court," he said.He did not comment on any concerns about the community's reaction to the group returning to Australia."All I can say is safety of the community is the number one priority for all agencies involved," he said.Assistant Commissioner Nutt would not comment on the children who were accompanying the women on the flights to Australia.The Qatar Airways flight believed to be carrying a woman linked to ISIS fighters and her child lands in Sydney. (ABC News: Liam Patrick)The cohort, referred to by some politicians as the "ISIS brides", are a group of...
Australian women linked to ISIS arrested, accused of slavery after ...
Item 1 of 2 A group of supporters surround an Islamic State-linked family, as they arrive at Melbourne international airport, in Melbourne, Australia, May 7, 2026. 13 women and children are set to return to Australia after years spent in a Syrian refugee camp following the fall of Islamic State. Joel Carrett/AAP/via REUTERS[1/2]A group of supporters surround an Islamic State-linked family, as they arrive at Melbourne international airport, in Melbourne, Australia, May 7, 2026. 13 women and children are set to return to... Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab Read moreSYDNEY, May 7 (Reuters) - Three Australian women linked to the extremist group Islamic State were arrested on Thursday after arriving home with their children following years in a camp in Syria, and were expected to be charged with slavery and terrorism offences, police said.The Australian government said on Wednesday that four women and nine children who had been detained in northeast Syria planned to return to Australia, but would receive no government assistance. Sign up here.A 54-year-old woman arriving at Melbourne airport on Thursday evening was arrested and was expected to be charged with four counts of crimes against humanity relating to slavery, the Australian Federal Police said on Thursday.A 31-year-old woman on the same flight was also arrested and would be charged with two slavery offences, AFP Assistant Commissioner Stephen Nutt told a press conference in Canberra.Each charge carries a maximum of 25 years in prison.At Sydney airport, a 32-year-old woman was arrested and was expected to be charged with two offences, including being a member of a terrorist organisation, both of which carry a maximum jail term of 10 years."The safety of the community is the number one priority for all agencies involved," Nutt said, adding preparations for the women's return began as early as 2015.He declined to comment on the status of the fourth woman or the children.The AFP earlier said the children were expected to enter community reintegration and support programmes.Some Australian women travelled to Syria between 2012 and 2016 to join their husbands, who had allegedly become ISIS members.Following ISIS's territorial defeat in 2019, many relatives of suspected fighters were detained in camps, including al-Roj in the northeast of the country where the latest Australian returnees were held, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.In January, the United States bega...
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Four Australian women and nine children have returned from Syria ...
11 hours ago ... So-called ISIS brides who travelled to Syria to join their partners in the terrorist organisation are returning to Australia.
