Woman accused of trying to join IS

A Philadelphia woman was arrested Friday on charges she tried to join and martyr herself for the Islamic State group.

Keonna Thomas, 30, was preparing to fly to Spain with hopes of reaching Syria to fight with the terror group, authorities said. Instead, she was arrested at her family’s town house in a public-housing development, which has three small U.S. flags adorning the porch.

Authorities said she communicated with an Islamic State group fighter in Syria who asked if she wanted to be part of a martyrdom operation.

Last month, Thomas bought a ticket for March 29 to fly to Barcelona, where she likely planned to take a bus to Istanbul and then reach Syria, according to an FBI affidavit. Authorities raided her house March 27.