{"id":340657,"date":"2017-07-30T08:03:05","date_gmt":"2017-07-30T08:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=340657"},"modified":"2017-07-30T08:03:05","modified_gmt":"2017-07-30T08:03:05","slug":"australia-police-foil-terror-plot-to-bring-down-plane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/australia-police-foil-terror-plot-to-bring-down-plane\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia police ‘foil terror plot to bring down plane’"},"content":{"rendered":"
Counter-terrorism police in Australia have stopped a suspected plot to bring down an aeroplane, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said.<\/p>\n
He was speaking after four people were arrested in raids across Sydney.<\/p>\n
Investigators said they had seized materials in the raids that could have been used to make an improvised explosive device.<\/p>\n
Mr Turnbull said the raids had been a “major joint counter-terrorism operation”.<\/p>\n
He said extra security was in place at domestic and international airports.<\/p>\n
The raids took place in the Sydney suburbs of Surry Hills, Lakemba, Wiley Park and Punchbowl, Australian broadcaster ABC reported.<\/p>\n
Australia’s national terror threat level remains at “probable”.<\/p>\n