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Shoma tried to travel to Turkey

Momena Shoma, 24, allegedly stabbed the 56-year-old man in the neck and shoulder while he was asleep at his Mill Park home, tried to Travel to Turkey before coming Australia

Momena Shoma
Momena Shoma Source: theage.com.au

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By Ismail Kayhan

Source: The Age, SBS News



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Bangladeshi woman Momena Shoma, 24, has been charged with terrorism after an alleged Islamic State-inspired stabbing in Melbourne on February 10.

Reports said she intended to travel to Syria from Turkey, a well-worn path at the time for Islamic State recruits.

Momena Shoma, 24, who is facing terror-related charges, was also refused visa to travel from Bangladesh to Turkey in 2014, counter terrorism officials in Bangladesh say.


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