I tell you what’s a crime – those glasses.

Jokes aside, terror-accused twin brothers Brandon-Lee and Tony-Lee Thulsie were back in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court this week.

The now 23-year-old twins stand accused of trying to travel to Syria and join the Islamic State, as well as planning to attack various organisations here at home.

More below from the Herald:

In the indictment the state alleges that Shapiro‚ who is known under the pseudonym Zapiro‚ was one of these targets.

“The said terrorist activities would have been perpetrated using firearms‚ explosives and possibly poisons and would have been directed against: the High Commission of the United Kingdom in Pretoria‚ the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Pretoria‚ the Embassy of the United States of America in Pretoria‚ the First Secretary to the French Mission in South Africa (Pretoria)‚ Mr J-B MP Prouhet [and] Jonathan Shapiro‚ a South African Jewish cartoonist.”

Seven other alleged targets were included in the list‚ including King David High School in Linksfield‚ Johannesburg‚ and Jewish investment manager Roy Topol.

As if Zapiro didn’t have enough targets on his back following recent cartoons like THIS and THIS.

More on their alleged plans:

The plans for the attacks were allegedly made by the brothers between August 2015 and July 2016. They were arrested on July 9‚ 2016 after their homes were searched by the police.

The state also alleges that Tony-Lee communicated with Abu Fidaa‚ an ISIS network‚ and others‚ whose identities are unknown to the state‚ about killing “Zapiro who drew the Messenger of Allah cartoon”.

Shades of Charlie Hebdo, there.

On top of the terror charges is one of using fraudulent passports, with the pair attempting to exit South Africa with fake Lesotho passports in August 2015.

The case has been postponed to May 15.

[source:herald]