IS supporter planned Sydney terror attacks

August 31, 2021   

(AAP) A radicalised ISIS member had plans to target Sydney’s St Mary’s Cathedral and the American embassy for terror attacks and “to conquer” a rural town like Orange, a court has been told.

Isaac El Matari also spoke of travelling to Afghanistan to fight on the frontline with the aim of supporting ISIS.

The 22-year-old, who was arrested in July 2019, faced a sentence hearing in the NSW Supreme Court on Tuesday.

He has pleaded guilty to doing an act in preparation and planning for a terrorist act in Australia on behalf of IS between July 2018 and September 2019.

He also admitted preparing to enter Afghanistan via Pakistan with the intention of engaging in hostile activities.

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