54-year-old Tajik biochemist Abdussalam Odinazoda pleaded guilty in the District Court of Western Australia to “inciting extremist attacks abroad.” Photo: Internet As reported by The West Australian, the former researcher from the University of Western Australia, whom authorities consider one of the most dangerous people in the state, confessed to inciting extremist attacks abroad on […]
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54-year-old Tajik biochemist Abdussalam Odinazoda pleaded guilty in the District Court of Western Australia to “inciting extremist attacks abroad.”
Photo: Internet
As reported by The West Australian, the former researcher from the University of Western Australia, whom authorities consider one of the most dangerous people in the state, confessed to inciting extremist attacks abroad on August 1 of this year. He faces up to six years in prison.
It is reported that Australian federal authorities have been monitoring Abdussalam Odinazoda since February 2020 after they became aware of his account, which featured video content “calling for acts of politically motivated violence in Tajikistan.”
In April 2020, police conducted a search of his home in Perth, Western Australia, and seized several of his electronic devices. A search was again conducted at Odinazoda’s home on December 22.
Earlier, it was reported that Abdussalam Odinazoda was arrested on December 23, 2022, after several months of investigation by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO).
In December 2020, Australian media reported that the court had charged Odinazoda with four counts under the criminal code for “promoting terrorism.”
On October 21, 2021, the West Australian also reported that Abdussalam Odinazoda was charged with 14 new counts of terrorist offenses.
Odinazoda is a native of the rural community of Surkh in the city of Isfara. For the past few years, he has been teaching at the University of Western Australia. According to him, he has lived and worked in other countries since he was 16 and has never held Tajik citizenship.
Abdussalam Odinazoda was a successful doctor of chemical and biological sciences. He published a large number of studies. He also taught students at Tajik Medical University in 2015.
Abdussalam Odinazoda was active on Facebook, where he regularly criticized the actions of the government and the opposition. Recently, he has been engaged in heated debates with followers of Ismailism.
Photo: Internet