Suspected Sydney plane bomb plot ringleader captured in Iraq

The suspected Sydney plane bomb plot ringleader, who holds Australian citizenship, has been captured in Iraq.

Ahmed Merhi holds Australian citizenship. Source: Supplied

Defence Minister Marise Payne has confirmed an Australian has been detained in Iraq amid reports two Islamic State (IS) fighters connected to a terror plot to blow up a plane leaving Sydney have been captured.

IS commander and Lebanese citizen Tarek Khayat and his Australian relative Ahmed Merhi were detained earlier this year, senior Australian officials confirmed, the ABC reported on Wednesday.

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