Brothers admit planning to join Islamic State
Muhammad Abdul Haleem Heyder Khan, 21, and his brother filled out an application for IS, a court heardTwo brothers have admitted planning a trip to Afghanistan to join a branch of Islamic State .
Muhammad Abdul Haleem Heyder Khan, 21, and Muhammad Hamzah Heyder Khan, 18, from Ward End in Birmingham appeared at the city's crown court on Monday. Less than a week into their trial they both pleaded guilty to engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorism.Opening the Crown's case on 5 July, Harpreet Sandhu KC said the brothers had become "increasingly radicalised" over the course of 2022.Muhammad Hamzah Heyder Khan and his older brother will be sentenced in September
The court heard the brothers had bought clothes and equipment and had researched how to travel to Afghanistan to join the terrorist organisation known as Islamic State Khurasan Province .IS was proscribed by the Home Secretary in 2014 and ISKP is recognised as one of its "regional branches", Mr Sandhu told the jury.
Following the guilty plea, Det Ch Supt Mark Payne, said: "The weight of evidence against them clearly gave them no choice but to admit they were preparing to join and fight for a terrorist organisation."
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