A Kansas native who led an all-female Islamic State battalion when she lived in Syria has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, the maximum possible sentence, after her own children denounced her in court and detailed the horrific circumstances and abuse she heaped on them. Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, admitted that she led the Khatiba…
Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, admitted that she led a battalion in which roughly 100 women and girls some as young as 10 years old learned how to use weapons and detonate grenades and suicide belts.
Allison Fluke-Ekren a 42-year-old woman from Kansas, US, who led an all-female battalion of the Islamic State terrorist group has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
A federal courtroom gave the sentence in Alexandria, Virginia on Tuesday.
First Assistant US Attorney Raj Parekh described Fluke-Ekren, a former teacher, as the “Empress of ISIS” who “brainwashed young girls” in a mission to create the all-female battalion, reports CNN.
“She became a warped visionary for ISIS… She was attracted to death and destruction,” Parekh said.
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