Australia: Police raid properties, airport security increased after terror plot foiled

Australian police said officers launched raids on at least five properties in Sydney on Monday, after four men were arrested over the weekend for a terrorist plot to bomb a commercial airliner.


The men were arrested on Saturday following previous raids in Sydney's suburbs of Surry Hills, Lakemba, Wiley Park and Punchbowl. Australian Federal Police said officers seized materials that could be used to make an improvised explosive device.

AFP investigators are expected to gather more evidence from the properties raided on Monday for several days.

The four detained men, who local media report include a father and his son, can be held for up to seven days without charge after police were granted additional counter-terrorism powers.
  [upi.com]
31/7/17
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