College student jailed for attempting to join ISIS
CHEONGJU — A college student was jailed Tuesday for pledging allegiance to the extremist militant group ISIS while in high school, officials said. The Cheongju District Court sentenced the 18-year-old male student to an indeterminate prison term of one to 1 1/2 years after finding him guilty of violating the anti-terrorism law. The student, whose identity was withheld, was charged with attempting…
A 18-year-old college student in Cheongju was sentenced to an indeterminate prison term of one to 1 1/2 years on Tuesday for pledging allegiance to ISIS while in high school. The student was found guilty of violating the anti-terrorism law after watching extremist propaganda materials on an encrypted online platform operated by an ISIS-affiliated group, and swearing allegiance to ISIS.
Additionally, the student is suspected of obtaining bomb-making instructions from an ISIS contact, formulating a bomb attack scheme against Mozambique government forces, and requesting an ISIS evaluation for his attack plan.
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