Omarjan Azari, 22, accused of plotting to ‘terrify community’. Accused of taking orders from jihadist fighting with Islamic State. ‘Wanted to film beheading and post it on social media’. 15 arrests after raids involving 600 officers in Sydney and Brisbane. Tony Abbott: ‘Networks here want to do us harm’.
A day after 800 police swooped on homes in Sydney and Brisbane in the biggest terror raids in Australia’s history, it can be revealed a series of attacks involving snatching innocent people off the street, draping them in an IS flag and beheading them on video before posting the atrocities on social media — all at the command of Islamic State leaders in Iraq — were allegedly being hatched. Australian Federal Police manager of counter-terrorism Neil Gaughan confirmed a link had been established between 21-year-old Agim Kruezi, who was arrested in Brisbane, and 22-year-old Sydney man Omarjan Azari, who was arrested yesterday on suspicion of planning a beheading.
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