LONDON, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- A 49-year-old man who created a video of himself brandishing weapons and promoting extreme Islamist ideology, was sent to prison on Tuesday for six years on terrorism charges.
Mohammed Shakeel Yasin, from Cleckheaton in the West Yorkshire area of England, was sentenced after being found guilty of three counts of dissemination of terrorist publications at Leeds Crown Court in Yorkshire. He was found to have acted intentionally on two counts and recklessly on the third.
Counter Terrorism Police said Yasin created footage of himself brandishing weapons and promoting extreme Islamist ideology, with the intention of encouraging acts of terrorism or helping with the preparation of a terrorist act. He then shared the videos with others on social messaging platforms.
The clips were discovered on seized mobile phones during an investigation led by Counter Terrorism Police, despite Yasin's attempt to conceal his actions by deleting the videos.
Detective Chief Superintendent Martin Snowden, head of Counter Terrorism Policing North East, said: "Mohammed Shakeel Yasin created disturbing videos, including one in which he brandished a meat cleaver, to encourage others to inflict violence on people who did not conform to his extremist ideology."
"The level of the terrorism threat in the UK continues to be substantial, meaning an attack is a strong possibility. To address this threat, specialist teams across the country are working tirelessly to thwart terrorist planning, radicalisation and extremism," Snowden said. Enditem
