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A student who went paintballing to prepare for combat with so-called Islamic State has been found guilty of trying to travel to Syria. A student who trained for terrorist combat at a paintballing centre has been found guilty of trying to join the Islamic State group in Syria.
Humza Ali, who told a friend he wanted to fight and die for the terror group, flew to Turkey in January 2015 but was turned back by authorities in Istanbul. Humza Ali, 20, posed for photos alongside three other men linked to the extremist organisation at Delta Force paintballing in Solihull.
The 20-year-old from Birmingham shared videos of beheadings and other IS atrocities online. Ali, who told a friend he would "fight and die" for IS, flew to Turkey in January 2015 but was turned back, Birmingham Crown Court heard.
He will be sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court in January. He will be sentenced in January.
The would-be fighter, of Bromford Lane, Ward End, Birmingham, had denied dissemination of terrorist material and trying to travel to Syria for terrorist purposes.
Ali shared videos of beheadings and other IS atrocities online.
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Jurors heard he posed for the "promotional" photos alongside Mohammed Ali Ahmed, Gabriel Rasmus and Abdelatif Gaini at the paintballing centre in June 2014.
Prosecutor Anne Whyte QC told the pictures - found on Ali's phone - showed the men dressed in quasi-combat gear while holding paintball guns.
"It was a bonding act of preparation between men of like mind and like intent. They were doing what passed, in their limited circumstances, for training," she said.
Ali intended to join the IS group in Syria when he travelled to Turkey seven months later, she said.
Rasmus was jailed in November for preparing for acts of terrorism after he attempted to travel to Syria.
Ahmed, who was tried separately, was jailed for eight years on Monday for his part in handing £3,000 to Brussels attacks suspect "man in the hat" Mohamed Abrini.
Mr Gaini is thought to be in Syria.