(Sydney Morning Herald) Two Sydney-based Islamic State members had reached out to contacts overseas to obtain weapons and explosives as part of a plot to carry out attacks on city churches, courts, police stations and defence locations, police allege.
Counter-terrorism police raided six homes in Sydney on Tuesday morning arresting 20-year-old Isaak el Matari and Radwan Dakkak, 23, over their connection to alleged plans for a terror attack.
A third man, Ahmed Tebya, 30, was also arrested over unrelated charges of defrauding Centrelink.
Police began an investigation 12 months ago and allege the men made threats about central Sydney locations on social media including messaging services WhatsApp and Telegram.
Mr el Matari, who was arrested at his Greenacre home, had been under police surveillance since returning to Sydney from Lebanon 12 months ago.
