(Age) The brother of the man who killed restaurant owner Sisto Malaspina in the Bourke Street terror attack has been jailed for a decade over his own plan to kill New Year’s revellers in Federation Square in the name of Islamic State.
Ali Khalif Shire Ali intended to use an AK-47 assault rifle to kill as many people as he could as the clock ticked down to midnight on December 31, 2017, after spending the months beforehand devising a plan to wreak carnage.
Shire Ali was arrested five weeks before the intended attack and was jailed on Thursday for 10 years after pleading guilty to intentionally doing an act in preparation for or planning a terrorist act.
The 23-year-old former IT student must serve 7 1/2 years before he is eligible for parole and has already served 2 1/2 years in custody.
