A Kansas woman has been charged with joining the Islamic State terrorist group, where she allegedly led an all-female battalion, The Associated Press reported.
The U.S. attorney in Alexandria, Va., announced Saturday that Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, has been charged with providing material support to a terrorist organization for leading female militants who were trained to use AK-47 rifles, grenades and suicide belts.
Fluke-Ekren allegedly led a unit called Khatiba Nusaybah in Raqqa, Syria, in 2016.
The initial complaint against Fluke-Ekren was filed confidentially in 2019 but has now been made public following Fluke-Ekron’s return to the U.S. Friday.
Fluke-Ekron allegedly recruited operatives to attack a college campus and a shopping mall. A witness claims that Fluke-Ekron said “she considered any attack that did not kill a large number of individuals to be a waste of resources.”
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Kansas woman joined ISIS, led all-female battalion: officials https://t.co/k0zr1xxN17 pic.twitter.com/Vv5RXBoKXh
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