(Sydney Morning Herald) A 24-year-old Sydney man has appeared in court charged with having a membership of terrorist organisation Islamic State (IS) following a seven-month-long investigation.
Joseph Saadieh was arrested at Chester Hill, in Sydney’s south-west, on Friday night after police executed search warrants at two properties following an investigation by NSW Police and the Australian Federal Police (AFP).
Police allege Mr Saadieh has pledged allegiance to IS, his rhetoric online was escalating, he was in possession of a large amount of extremist material, and he possessed several improvised explosives recipes.
He is alleged to have pledged his allegiance to the IS in 2018 and has been linked with targets of past terror investigations. If found guilty, he faces imprisonment for up to 10 years.
