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   From: burfordTjustice@tues.uk   
      
   Study: Number of Female Terrorists in Britain Has Tripled in Last Five   
   Years   
      
      
   The number of female terrorists in Britain has tripled in the last five   
   years, according to a new study.   
      
   Research published by the London-based think tank the Henry Jackson Society in   
   a paper titled “Islamist Terrorism, Analysis of Offences and Attacks in the   
   UK 1998 – 2015” stated that women’s involvement in terrorism has   
   increased and, overall,    
   offenders are getting younger, with almost half of all offences were carried   
   out by people under the age of 25. Islamist related offences were mainly   
   carried out by individuals who were raised as Muslim, but one in six offenders   
   was a convert.   
      
   The offences cited include plotting to commit murder in the UK, fundraising,   
   and travelling abroad to join Islamic State.   
      
   Between 1998 and 2010, women accounted for four per cent of all offences. But   
   between 2011 and 2015 this figure jumped to 11 per cent. The rise in women   
   terrorists has coincided with the emergence of Islamic State.   
      
   Overall, 72 per cent of offences were committed by UK nationals or those with   
   dual nationality. Most had ties to  South Asia, Africa, the Middle East and   
   the Caribbean.   
       
   Astonishingly, three boroughs in East London and two boroughs in Birmingham   
   have produced more than a third of Islamic terrorists since 1998.   
      
   Hannah Stuart, the report’s author, said: “The major threat continues to   
   be homegrown, and females are playing an ever increasing role.”   
      
   The findings came as Mark Rowley, Metropolitan Police assistant   
   commissioner, revealed that another major terrorist plot in Britain has   
   been foiled in the last six months.   
      
   Trends noted in the study include rises in intended beheadings and stabbings.   
      
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