Suspected Sydney plane bomb plotters held in Iraq

Defence Minister Marise Payne

Defence Minister Marise Payne 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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