(London) A mother and daughter have appeared in court charged over
Britain's first all-woman alleged terror plot.
Mina Dich, 43, and her daughter Rizlaine Boular, 21, have
been charged along with Khawla Barghouthi, 20, over an alleged plan to carry
out a knife attack in Westminster. Boular and Dich wore burkas and lifted their
veils to show their eyes when requested to do so by chief magistrate Emma
Arbuthnot today, while Barghouthi wore a hijab.
Their day in court transpired after armed officers swooped
on Barghouthi's home in Willesden, north west London, on April 27, where they
arrested her and shot Boular. Dich, was arrested in Kent the same day. The three women are accused of conspiring together to murder
'a person or persons unknown' between April 11 and April 28 2017. Boular was also
charged with engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorist acts between the
same dates, while Dich and Barghouthi are charged with intending to assist
her. The trio were remanded in custody
to appear at the Old Bailey on May 19.
