Chilling pictures reveal a 14-year-old wannabe Jihadi posing with weapons and doing the ISIS salute in his Sydney home.
In the photos, the 14-year-old boy can be seen posing as a sniper with weapons taken from his uncle’s gun collection.
The images were tendered to the New South Wales Supreme Court in Parramatta at the boy’s sentencing submission hearing on Monday.
Chilling pictures reveal a 14-year-old wannabe Jihadi posing with weapons and doing the ISIS salute
The teenager sent the photos to his co-conspirators, Salayman Khalid, 22, and Mohamed Almaouie, 21, telling them he ‘envisaged himself as a religious hero able to achieve martyrdom’, The Daily Telegraph reported.
The boy cannot be named for legal reasons.
The court heard the teenager was recruited by the older men to become a part of their plan to target the AFP’s Sydney office where they would kill police officers in the name of Islam.
The aspiring terrorist showed his eagerness to carry out a terror-inspired attack in messages sent via mobile phone to his co-conspirators, the court heard.
‘I’ll be with the virgins of Paradise, with the permission of Allah, the Most High ASAP,’ he said in a message exposed in court.
In the photos, the 14-year-old boy can be seen posing as a sniper with weapons he took from his uncle’s gun collection
The teenager sent the photos (pictured) to his co-conspirators via mobile messages
The teenager exchanged hundreds of text messages and phone calls with 22-year-old Khalid, in which the pair discussed how they would become martyrs, the court heard.
The 14-year-old reportedly threatened to abandon the attack plan if he was not trained by Khalid how to properly use guns.
He pleaded guilty to conspiring to carry out a terror attack.
There was no evidence to suggest the guns the boy took from his uncle’s collection were obtained or stored illegally by the uncle.
The boy’s lawyer said his actions were the result of his youth.
The teenager exchanged hundreds of text messages and phone calls with 22-year-old Khalid, in which the pair discussed how they would become martyrs, the court heard
The court previously heard the teenager, Khalid (pictured) and four other conspirators planned an arsenal in 2014
‘His adherence to violent jihad was a creature of his youth, immaturity and other influences on him,’ his lawyer told the court.
The court previously heard the teenager, Khalid and four other conspirators planned an arsenal in 2014.
Jibryl Almaouie, his brother Mohamed, Fahad Said and Ibrahim Ghazzawy all pleaded guilty in conspiring to plan terror attacks.
The 14-year-old boy, Khalid and Jibryl Almaouise will return to court for sentencing on November 3.