Three arrested over alleged Melbourne terror plot to 'kill maximum number of people'
Three men have been arrested for allegedly planning a terror attack in Melbourne designed to kill as many people as possible in a crowded place.
Police allege the group was inspired by Islamic State and had become more energised in the last week.In recent days, they had tried to obtain a .22 semi-automatic rifle, police allege.Police Commissioner Graham Ashton said the investigation that led to today's arrests had been running since March.
The men had been of interest to intelligence agencies since early 2017, he said.
Three men, all Australian nationals of Turkish background, are in custody including a 30-year-old Dallas man, a 26-year-old Campbellfield man and 21-year-old Greenvale man after police executed four warrants at separate houses.
"They were looking at a place of mass gathering, a place where there was going to be crowds."
Victoria's counter-terrorism boss Ross Guenther said that within the last few days, the men were attempting to acquire at least one .22 semi-automatic rifles. "They were in the process of making that acquisition," he said.All the men held Australian passports, which were cancelled this year, the first in January, another in March and a third in October. Police said the passports were cancelled as authorities believed the men were intending to travel to a conflict zone
Assistant Commissioner Guenther said it was believed the men became radicalised as a group.The block of units is less than a kilometre away from the Broadmeadows mosque.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/three-men-arrested-over-alleged-melbourne-ter... When the police say they were in the process of making that acquisition with a .22 cal semi auto rifle were they about to get their hands on an AR15, the AR15 uses .223 Remington which is a .22 cal?
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