S-3 Students Found Guilty After Making 'Kamikaze' Drones For ISIS With 3D Printers

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JAKARTA - Professor Ph.D (S-3) was found guilty by the Birmingham Crown Court for designing and creating a 'kamkaze' drone capable of sending bombs or chemical weapons to ISIS terrorists.

The jury took six hours to negotiate for two days, before unanimously punishing Mohamad Al Bared, who used a 3D printer to build a drone (UAV) at his home in Coventry, England.

Al Bared, who lives with his parents, was arrested while driving in January. At the same time, a raid was carried out and UAV was found in his bedroom.

He was found guilty on one charge of taking action in preparation for acts of terrorism, to benefit the banned terrorist organization.

This 27-year-old machine engineering graduate was detained and told he would probably be sentenced to life when he reads the verdict on 27 November, reported The National News September 29.

In court, he denied being a supporter of ISIS or its goal, telling the judges he had no plans to help ISIS by any means, creating a drone for his own research purposes.

University of Birmingham student, who specializes in laser drilling, also claims to have researched ISIS to debate its goals with others at a mosque.

But prosecutors said, from encrypted online chats and other digital material, he clearly supports ISIS, intending to keep wing drones transmitting "one-use" videos for terrorist purposes and traveling to Africa via Turkey.

"The court must consider whether the right punishment is life imprisonment," said Judge Paul Farrer.

"You have been convicted for committing a very serious offense.

"The old prison sentence is an inevitable consequence of that, but the length and nature of that sentence is a matter to consider carefully, and the court will take that decision after receiving input from Experimental Services," he explained.

"This aircraft has all the components needed to fly. We suspect the plane was made to send a bomb to fly into ISIS' enemy territory and send chemical weapons or other devices," continued Heeley.

Separately, Al Bared's attorney, Marijuana Webster, said his client had studied material related to ISIS, including a video of a head removal, as he wanted to "debate" against the terrorist group's views.

"He admits that he was fascinated by ISIS and his mindset, but instead of supporting him, he actually wanted to debate him, at the mosque, online," explains Webster.

However, Al Bared is described by anti-terrorism officers as someone who has an extremist mindset who intends to cause mass casualties.