Police in Singapore have detained a preschool assistant who shared pro-ISIS materials online and intended to travel to Syria, their first arrest of a female alleged sympathizer of the radical group.
The Home Affairs Ministry said in a statement Monday that 22-year-old Syaikhah Izzah Zahrah Al Ansari was arrested earlier this month under the country's Internal Security Act, which allows for indefinite detention without trial.
The statement said she had been radicalized in 2013 by online propaganda related to ISIS and in turn posted materials on social media supporting the group. It said she had expressed willingness to go to Syria, take military training and marry an ISIS member.
Singaporean authorities have detained 14 male suspected ISIS sympathizers since 2015
