Melbourne terrorist plot: Seven held over alleged 'explosive' Christmas Day attack pl

[Dave]

Police have disrupted a terrorist plot to detonate improvised explosive devices at locations in central Melbourne, possibly on Christmas Day, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews described the plot as an "act of evil", while Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton said police had seized "the makings of an improvised explosive device".

Speaking at a press conference today, Mr Turnbull said: "Overnight our police and security agencies have disrupted a very substantial terrorist plot.

"Overnight, the Victoria Police, working with the Australian Federal Police and ASIO, have arrested seven persons, five of whom are still in custody, searched five premises and are continuing to search them.

"What they have uncovered is a plot to explode improvised explosive devices in central Melbourne in the area of Federation Square, on or about Christmas Day.

Key points:

Police believe plot involved use of explosives and other weapons and could have been planned for Christmas Day
High profile locations including Federation Square and Flinders Street Station were targeted, police say
Five people arrested still in custody and are being questioned by police
Seven people were arrested overnight at properties in Flemington, Meadow Heights and Dallas in Melbourne over the alleged plot, which police said was inspired by the Islamic State (IS) group

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-...mas-day-'terrorist-plot'-in-melbourne/8143762

 

[Hemi300c]

Wow, good work and I hope that you got them all.
This would have been terrible if not stopped.
I hope there's no other planned attacks.

 

[access]

for every terror attack, a nuke must be sent to its country of origin, im sure it will stop sooner or later...

 

[TheMightyQuin]

for every terror attack, a nuke must be dropped on his/her country of origin, im sure it will stop sooner or later...

FIFY. If we just send them nukes, the attacks will get much worse.....

 

[access]

FIFY. If we just send them nukes, the attacks will get much worse.....

maybe it will freak them out and they will stop

 

[Pilgrim]

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews described the plot as an "act of evil"

What a load of shlt, call it what it is, an Islamist extremist attack direct at a Christian celebration. What a load of PC garbage.

Good on them for stopping the plot, let's hope the world catches all of these plots before it is too late

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

for every terror attack, a nuke must be sent to its country of origin, im sure it will stop sooner or later...

:wtf: I suppose they should torture and kill their families too?

 

[Alan]

What a load of shlt, call it what it is, an Islamist extremist attack direct at a Christian celebration. What a load of PC garbage.

Daniel Andrews is the Australian Trudeau. A laughing stock.

But this morning Andrews himself resorted to the meaningless language of terrorism apologists. He promised, with all the certainty of a hate preacher, that the acts planned as part of the foiled Islamic terror plot in Melbourne are “not acts of religious observance, not acts of faith, in fact the opposite of that.”

http://spectator.com.au/2016/12/islam-daniel-andrews/

 

[Ninja'd]

for every terror attack, a nuke must be sent to its country of origin, im sure it will stop sooner or later...

Would be real awkward if they were born in Australia.

 

[_Jakes_]

FIFY. If we just send them nukes, the attacks will get much worse.....

Japan certainly stopped their **** after a couple of nukes.

 

[ldmelsa]

for every terror attack, a nuke must be sent to its country of origin, im sure it will stop sooner or later...

WW3

 

[mark26]

:wtf: I suppose they should torture and kill their families too?

No just send Bibles over

 

[Nanfeishen]

Japan certainly stopped there **** after a couple of nukes.

OT/ however

Thats what everybody surmises, they actually stopped because the Soviets were about to launch an invasion, and considering the history between the Soviet Union and Japan the choice was to surrender to the lesser of 2 evils.