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'ISIS brides' arrested on return to Australia

Otago Daily Times Online News·Friday, 8 May 2026·25 days ago
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A pair of Islamic State-linked women accused of crimes against humanity are behind bars but plan to make bail applications after they were arrested on return to Australia. A 53-year-old and a 31-year-old faced the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday morning charged with several crimes against humanity offences allegedly committed in Syria. They landed back in Melbourne on Thursday evening as part of a larger group of women and children who lived in a Syrian refugee camp. In a packed courtroom, the women appeared separately. The elder woman appeared first wearing a pink hijab, before the younger woman was led in afterwards wearing a black hijab. They were both remanded in custody until Monday where they will apply for bail. Detectives allege the 53-year-old travelled to the region with her husband and children in 2014, and was complicit in the purchase of a female slave for $US10,000, and knowingly kept the woman in her home.…

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