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As terrorist plots go, it's got to be one of the more unusual — an Australian teenager discussed packing a kangaroo full of explosives and painting it with the Islamic State's symbol before setting it loose on police officers, a Melbourne court heard on Thursday.
Sevdet Besim, 19, allegedly talked to a British teenager about the plot, which included plans to behead or run over at least one police officer during a parade on Anzac Day — an Australian remembrance day for veterans and soldiers killed in conflict.
The British boy, who cannot be named because he is only 15, was given a life sentence by a court in northern England in October 2015, after being convicted of sending thousands of messages to Besim and instructing him in a terrorist plot "shocking in its brutality and scope......"
Full story: https://news.vice.com/article/an-al...exploding-kangaroo?utm_source=vicenewstwitter
