Suspected Sydney plane bomb plotters held in Iraq

Marise Payne

Defence Minister Marise Payne addresses media in Sydney, Wednesday, April 18, 2018. Source: AAP

The suspected ringleader of a failed plot to blow up an Etihad flight from Sydney to Abu Dhabi last year has been captured in Iraq. His Australian relative, an Islamic State soldier, has also been detained. Intelligence experts say the arrests could provide crucial information about the global terror threat.



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