Hearing today for Triangle woman accused in beheading plot
RALEIGH -- A woman accused of working with a Triangle man convicted of conspiring to commit terror to arrange murder of three witnesses in his case is scheduled to be in federal court this morning.
Nevine Aly Elsheikh, a special education teacher and daughter of a former N.C. State University professor, is accused of being part of a plot to have three people beheaded.
She is accused of transporting notes, photos and money from Hysen Sherifi, a Triangle man convicted of being part of a Triangle terror cell that conspired to wage jihad abroad and at home, to confidential informants and his brother.
She is being held without bond.
In a hearing today, scheduled at the federal courthouse in Raleigh, Elsheikh's attorneys are appealing that decision.
The case stems from contentions by a federal agent that Hysen Sherifi, a native of Kosovo sentenced early this year to 45 years in prison, worked with his brother and a woman on a plot to have the witnesses beheaded and pictures taken of the corpses to prove the deaths.
The agent contends that $5,000 was exchanged with a confidential informant on two different days for one of the hits.
Shkumbin Sherifi, brother of the convicted man, also has been charged in the case.
The charges have sent a second wave of shock through the Triangle Muslim community.
Some background:
On Wednesday, July 22, 2009, a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina returned a sealed seven-count indictment against the following defendants:
Daniel Patrick Boyd, 39, a U.S. citizen and resident of North Carolina
Hysen Sherifi, 24, a native of Kosovo and a U.S. legal permanent resident located in North Carolina
Anes Subasic, 33, a naturalized U.S. citizen and resident of North Carolina
Zakariya Boyd, 20, a U.S. citizen and resident of North Carolina
Dylan Boyd, 22, a U.S. citizen and resident of North Carolina
Mohammad Omar Aly Hassan, 22, a U.S. citizen and resident of North Carolina
Ziyad Yaghi, 21, a U.S. citizen and resident of North Carolina
All the defendants are charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, as well as conspiracy to murder, kidnap, maim and injure persons abroad. In addition, Daniel Boyd, Hysen Sherifi and Zakariya Boyd are each charged with possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. Daniel Boyd and Dylan Boyd are also each charged with selling a firearm to a convicted felon. Finally, Daniel Boyd is also charged with receiving a firearm through interstate commerce and two counts of making false statements in a terrorism investigation.
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