Friday, August 4, 2017

Sydney terror plot: How police dismantled alleged Islamic State plan hatched on home soil

Sydney is no stranger to terrorism, but when police bashed down the door of a Surry Hills terrace last Saturday night, there was something different in the air.

The Cleveland Street home, raided as part of an anti-terror operation, is in one of the city’s most sought-after locales — a place where inner-city trendies sashay from bar to bar.

For an operation like this to happen in a suburb adjacent to the Harbour City’s sparkling CBD, is unnerving.

But it was here, and at four other locations around Sydney, police claim to have cut down one of the most sophisticated terrorist blueprints ever attempted on Australian soil…

Source: Sydney terror plot: How police dismantled alleged Islamic State plan hatched on home soil – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)


No comments:

Post a Comment