College Student Jailed for Attempting to Join ISIS
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A college student who joined the terrorist group “Islamic State of Iraq and Levant” (ISIS) and tried to carry out a terrorist plan was sentenced to prison. ISIS is an armed organization formed in western, northern Iraq, and eastern Syria in April 2004 with the goal of building an Islamic extremist nation, and the United Nations (
The Cheongju District Court sentenced an 18-year-old university student to imprisonment for following ISIS, plotting an explosive terror attack, and learning how to manufacture explosives. The court determined the sentence based on the persistence and specificity of the crime, but decided on the sentence by considering the defendant's age and the possibility of rehabilitation.
(Cheongju=Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Seong-min = A university student who pledged allegiance to the Islamic extremist armed group ISIS (Islamic State) and planned an explosives attack during his high school years...
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