Bangladeshi student Momena Shoma has been found guilty of IS-inspired terrorist act in Australia, reports local media. The Victorian Supreme Court on Wednesday jailed the 26-year-old female for 42 years, reports Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News.


Momena Shoma attacked her homestay landlord Roger Singaravelu with a kitchen knife in his Mill Park home, in Melbourne's north, in February 2018.
The Court had heard she yelled "Allahu akbar" as she plunged the knife into Mr Singaravelu's neck with such force the blade tip broke off when it was dislodged.
Shoma pleaded guilty to engaging in a terrorist act for the advancing of a political, religious, or ideological cause, namely violent jihad.
It is the first time a sentence has been handed down for that charge.
Shoma, who did not stand for sentencing in the Victorian Supreme Court, received a non-parole period of 31 years and six months.
Radicalized in Bangladesh
Both Bangladeshi and Australian authorities have said that Momena Shoma was radicalized in Bangladesh.
On Feb 12, 2018, a team of Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) went to her family’s home in Kafrul, Dhaka for investigation, only to have one of their officers allegedly stabbed by her younger sister Asmaul Hosna Sumona.
CTTC arrested Asmaul while she allegedly yelled: “You are disbelievers. The rule of Islam should be established in the country. If necessary, we should do Jihad.”
Both the sisters have been radicalized through social media, according to law enforcement agencies.
Momena, graduated from the English department of North South University (NSU) in 2016. Sources say that it was during her time at the university that she was radicalized.
She even tried to go to Turkey in 2014, during the height of Islamic State’s recruitment. Her visa was denied, but sources said that she was mostly likely inspired by other New JMB members to go to Syria through Turkey.
Bangladeshi law enforcement agencies have not been able to confirm Momena’s involvement with any militant outfit, since she was arrested in Australia, but Melbourne’s police have said that the stabbing was an “Islamic State-inspired attack”.
Momena went to Melbourne, Australia on February 1 to study linguistics at La Trobe University, where she was given a 25% excellence scholarship. She completed her O level from Loretto School in 2009 and A Level from Mastermind School in 2011.
Travelled to Australia with sole purpose to kill
Shoma was initially housed in Bundoora after moving to Australia, where she prepared for the attack by stabbing a mattress, reports ABC News.
She moved to Mr Singaravelu's home as an emergency after the original host family expressed concern over the event — but Mr Singaravelu said he was never notified about the incident.
Counter-terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit chief Monirul Islam told Bangla Tribune on Feb 16, 2018 that, Shoma had struck up a relationship with Nazibullah Ansari, a Bangladeshi national fighting in Syria. Shoma wanted to marry Nazibullah, but her family refused to allow the two to marry.
In 2016, law enforcement agencies had included Nazibullah’s name on the first list of the 10 missing youths suspected to be involved with militancy.
A CTTC official said Momena also had contact with another Bangladeshi militant, Gazi Sohan.
Gazi introduced her to Nazibullah in 2014, when she was studying English language and Literature at North South University (NSU).
Six days before the attack, Shoma had searched the internet looking for night-vision goggles so she could see in the dark, and later purchased them for $10.
On the morning of the attack she had downloaded a video from Islamic State's media centre, Al Hayat, entitled Flames of War, reports news.com.