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Samed Eriklioglu

Law Enforcement

Terror trio unlikely to have plotted attack without inducement from undercover cop

September 7, 2021 Simone Fox Koob and Adam Cooper  

(Age) Three men who planned to shoot and kill innocent members of the public were unlikely to have plotted a terror attack if not for the inducement of a covert police operative, a judge has ruled. However, brothers Ertunc and Samed Eriklioglu […]

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Plotter a ‘simple soul’ who lacked commitment to terror cause, court told

June 17, 2021 Adam Cooper  

(Age) A terror plotter has been depicted by his lawyer as “a simple soul” who made a mistake getting involved in a plan to gun down people in Melbourne and lacked commitment to his cause. Brothers Samed and Ertunc Eriklioglu and friend […]

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Terror plotter ‘ashamed’ and has denounced beliefs, lawyer tells court

June 16, 2021 Adam Cooper  

(Age) A man who, with two friends, planned to buy an assault rifle to gun down people in Melbourne lacked the fanaticism of other terror plotters and is now “ashamed” of his actions, his lawyer has told a court. Hanifi Halis was […]

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Terror plotters drew inspiration from 2018 Bourke St attack, court told

June 15, 2021 Adam Cooper  

(Age) On a Friday night in 2018, as Melbourne reeled from the terror attack hours earlier in Bourke Street, Ertunc Eriklioglu excitedly told his brother and their friend about what he had seen and read in the news. “That’s amazing,” Eriklioglu said […]

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Three men plead guilty to terror charges over gun attack plot

March 26, 2021 Adam Cooper  

(Age) Two Melbourne brothers and their friend have pleaded guilty to terror offences after planning to buy a firearm with the intention of gunning down members of the public. Ertunc Eriklioglu, 33, Samed Eriklioglu, 28, and Hanifi Halis, 23, all pleaded guilty […]

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