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Youngest member of female terrorism cell jailed

Safaa Boular, aged 18, who has been found guilty of plotting to carry out terrorist acts, can be seen in this undated Metropolitan Police handout photograph in London, Britain, June 4, 2018.

The youngest member of an all-female terrorism cell in Britain was jailed for life with a minimum term of 13 years on Friday for plotting attacks in London with her sister and mother.

Safaa Boular, 18, began planning an attack in Britain after being thwarted in her attempts to join an Islamic State (IS) fighter in Syria, police said.

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