A woman from Oxford has been charged with terrorism offences.
Roma Iqbal, of Kestrel Crescent, Oxford is accused of three counts of dissemination of terrorist publications.
The charges relate to the circulation of Islamic publications online during December 2021.
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They are in contrary to section 2 of the Terrorism Act 2006.
The 23-year-old has been released on bail and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on March 6.
Detectives from the South East Counter Terrorism Unit carried out a search of a house in relation to the investigation in December 2021.
At the time, neighbours reacted with shock to the news that an arrest had been made by counter-terrorism police.
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A neighbour, 88, said of the police presence: “They were there all night. I saw them out there today and I asked them what was the matter. They said they couldn’t say anything.
"We’re all friendly [on the close]. We’ve always got on.”
Another neighbour, a 35-year-old man said: “We saw the police there this morning and everybody was wondering what was going on.”
On being told that the counter terrorism police had made an arrest and were searching the house, he said: “It’s surprising. The whole neighbourhood is very quiet.
"There’s no crime, no sense of insecurity. We feel safe. We bought this house in 2018 and we haven’t seen any kind of violence.”
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