Australian SC holds 5 guilty for plotting deadly terror attack

The jury was told that the men,aged 25 to 44,were against Australia’s military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan,and in particular,former Prime Minister John Howard’s support for then US President George Bush.

News.com quoted prosecutor Richard Maidment,as saying that the men wanted to wage violent jihad in Australia involving “extreme force and violence including the killing of those who did not share their fundamentalist,extremist beliefs.”

Police had seized volumes of Jihadist literature,videos,CDs in their homes.

Instructions for building bombs were also found,along with receipts for mobile phones,which were used to place bulk orders for chemicals such as acetone,hydrogen peroxide and sulphuric acid.

According to the prosecutor,some of these men received paramilitary training to carry out their violent acts in rural NSW.

One of them,also allegedly trained at a Lashkar e Taiba camp in Pakistan in 2001.

The men will be sentenced on December 14.

Curated For You

Kapil Sharma admits facing pressure from Netflix on The Great Indian Kapil Show: ‘Hisaab dena hota hai’

At 10.2°C, Kolkata records coldest January day in 12 years: Here’s what IMD forecast for Bengal says

Shark Tank judge Mohit Yadav raised Rs 1 cr by mortgaging house, built business worth Rs 2955 cr: ‘Feared my family won’t even have a home’