TORONTO, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- A woman guilty of terror charges for attacking people at a Canadian Tire store in Toronto has been sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday, according to CTV.
The woman, identified as Rehab Dughmosh, was found guilty last month of four terrorism-related charges for using a golf club and butcher's knife in the attack while she was draped in a banner of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in June 2017.
Ontario Superior Court Justice Maureen Forestell said the 34-year-old woman's mental illness played a significant role in the attack and her attempts to join ISIL militants in Syria.
The judge said Dughmosh's mental illness, likely schizophrenia, made her vulnerable to extremist beliefs.
Dughmosh is not represented by a lawyer, but the person appointed by the court to assist her said she has shown significant improvement over time and no longer experiences suicidal or homicidal ideation.
