Hamdi Alqudsi found guilty of planning attack on navy base, courthouse and Mardi Gras in Sydney A terrorist gathered men who pledged allegiance to ISIS and made plans to attack Sydney’s navy base and the Mardi Gras parade.

September 15, 2022   

(NCA NewsWire) A Sydney man has been convicted of leading a terrorist group that planned to attack the city’s navy base, a courthouse, the Mardi Gras parade and Israeli embassy.

Hamdi Alqudsi, 48, faced the NSW Supreme Court for a trial after he was charged with intentionally directing a terrorist organisation that was preparing to carry out a terrorist act.

Crown prosecutors claimed Alqudsi directed the organisation called the Shura between August 2014 and December 2014, but he pleaded not guilty to the charge.

However, the jury on Thursday ruled in favour of the crown and convicted the 48-year-old.

Alqudsi first came to the attention of police in mid-2013 when he rallied men together to form the Shura, meaning a consultative council in Arabic.

Read more.

Related Articles

Children & Teens

German Islamist sentenced to 14 years for killing of girl Former IS member Jennifer W. has had her sentence extended by four years following an appeal by prosecutors. The 32-year-old was found responsible for the death of a Yazidi girl who had been enslaved.

August 29, 2023 and   

(Deutsche Welle) The Munich state court on Tuesday imposed a new, extended 14-year prison sentence on former “Islamic State” member Jennifer W. for her role in allowing a young Yazidi girl, named only as Rania, to die of thirst in Iraq in […]

Internet

TikTok removes thousands of items of terrorism content Analysis shows Pakistan and Turkey have been among the worst offenders

October 5, 2023   

(National-UAE) TikTok has removed thousands of items of terrorism-related content from its platforms in Europe in a police operation to tackle online extremism. In a joint operation with Europol’s European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC), the video-sharing platform worked with 11 countries to […]