A 30-year-old Philadelphia woman has been charged with trying to aid the Islamic State — just a day after two Queens women were busted on terror charges.
Prosecutors say Keonna Thomas wanted to “martyr herself” for the Islamic State – and even attempted to travel to the Middle East to take up arms with the terrorist organization.
Thomas, who went by the name “YoungLioness” online, messaged an IS fighter in Syria, telling him that becoming a martyr for the cause would be an “amazing” opportunity, authorities said.
“A girl can only wish,” she allegedly told him on Feb. 17.
“I can make that wish come true,” the fighter replied, according to authorities.
Prosecutors said Thomas bought plane tickets to Barcelona in late March, and had researched how to travel to Turkey by bus from the Spanish city.
She is scheduled to appear in federal court on Friday.
Her arrest comes just one day after former roommates Asia Siddiqui, 31, and Noelle Velentzas, 28, were handcuffed for plotting to build a bomb and unleash it in New York City.
The pair had been plotting an attack since May 2013, and researched how to turn their stockpiled tanks of propane gas into bombs, according to a criminal complaint.
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