Female ISIS cell are jailed for up to 30 years for failed plot to carry out a car bomb massacre outside Notre Dame cathedral - Five female jihadists were jailed for between five and 30 years on Monday
- Car laden with gas canisters was discovered outside Notre Dame in Paris in 2016
- Women believed to have been commanded by Rachid Kassim from Islamic State
- Kassim claimed ISIS' responsibility for other attacks, including Nice in 2016
By Ross Ibbetson For Mailonline and Afp
Published: 20:26 AEDT, 15 October 2019 | Updated: 20:49 AEDT, 15 October 2019
An all female ISIS cell were jailed on Monday for up to 30 years for a failed plot to carry out a car bomb massacre outside Notre Dame Cathedral three years ago.
The five, aged between 22 and 42, were arrested after a car packed with gas cylinders was found parked near the bustling esplanade in front of the cathedral in the heart of the capital on November 4, 2016.
The two main defendants, Ines Madani and Ornella Gilligmann, had doused the car with diesel in the middle of the night and tried but failed to set it alight with a cigarette. They were sentenced to 30 years and 25 years in prison respectively.
The women are believed to have been acting on the orders of Rachid Kassim, a French Islamic State propagandist, also suspected of ordering the grisly murder of a French police couple at their home in June 2016.
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