2/10 Australia: 15 Muslims arrested for planning to behead people, Islamic State planning to attack parliament and government people abc.net.au/news/2014-09-18/senior-australian-is-member-instigated-beheading-plot/5753184 Extra federal police, including officers with sniffer dogs, have been visible around Parliament House this week. Mr Abbott said chatter talking of targeting government people and Parliament intercepted by authorities had caused the dramatic escalation of security. The chatter involving Parliament House was chatter between Australians inSyria and Iraq and their supporters here in Australia, said the prime minister. News clip: youtu.be/gAF4aLlvkCY A man believed to be Australias most senior Islamic State member called contacts in Australia and asked them to carry out a campaign of random public beheadings in Sydney and Brisbane, the ABC understands. Mohammad Ali Baryalei, a former Kings Cross bouncer and part-time actor, is understood to have made the instruction to kidnap people in Brisbane and Sydney and have them executed on camera. That video was then to be sent back to Islamic States media unit in the Middle East, where it would be publically released. Omarjan Azari, 22, one of about 15 people detained during a large counter-terrorism operation in Sydney and Brisbane this morning, is accused of conspiring with Mr Baryalei and others to act in preparation or plan a terrorist act or acts, court documents show. The ABC understands that during the raids in Brisbane, police arrested some suspects who had machetes, balaclavas and military fatigues in preparation to carry out the similar and simultaneous attacks. Police made their move this morning to disrupt a group of mostly Afghan Australians 48 hours after that phone call, concerned at how close it was to going ahead.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 14:45:56 +0000
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