SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A 40-year-old southern Missouri woman who sent
threatening messages to several people in support of the Islamic State will
spend years in federal prison.
Federal prosecutors say Safya Roe Yassin, of Buffalo, was sentenced Thursday
to nine years in federal prison without parole.
Federal prosecutor say Yassin used several Twitter accounts to transmit
information she believed was from the Islamic State, including soliciting
violence against two FBI employees and two former members of the military and
their families. Prosecutors say those four victims were targeted only because of
their service to the U.S.
Using the name “Muslimah,” Yassin tweeted messages supporting ISIS or reposted
messages she knew were from ISIS operatives.
Some of the tweets including identifying information of the victims with the
phrase “Wanted to Kill.”
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