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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on July 30, 2017, 02:22:59 am
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Australia police 'foil terror plot to bring down plane'
Counter-terrorism police in Australia have stopped a suspected plot to bring down an aeroplane, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said.
He was speaking after four people were arrested in raids across Sydney.
Investigators said they had information that the plot to blow up an aircraft involved the use of an "improvised device".
Mr Turnbull said the raids had been a "major joint counter-terrorism operation".
He said extra security was in place at domestic and international airports.
Continued: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-40766858
Link to CNN below, they were giving it a lot of coverage tonight.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/29/asia/australia-airplane-terror-plot/index.html