Authorities in Australia foiled a terror plot to bring down an airplane and arrested four men Saturday, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced at a news conference in Sydney.
Police said it was an Islamist-inspired plot, but they did not link the plan to a specific terrorist group.
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin said officers became aware people in Sydney were allegedly planning to carry out a terrorist attack using an improvised device.
Turnbull said it was an elaborate conspiracy. Police did not specify the date or location of the threat. Ref. CNN.
More than a dozen pedestrians injured after vehicle rams into busy Melbourne street; two arrested. The vehicle hit a number of people in front of Flinders Street Station in the center of the Australian city just after 4:30 p.m. Local time. Police said it was a "Deliberate act." Ref. USAToday.