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Raids Across Sydney After ‘Advanced’ Plot Foiled to Down Plane

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Australian police: Four men arrested.

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Australian investigators raided multiple Sydney properties on Sunday and Monday after they reportedly foiled a complex terrorist plot to bring down an airplane. Four men were arrested in the case, and at least five locations have been searched. Australian Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin said the plot was an attempt to put a device onto an aircraft. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called the plan “advanced,” but declined to comment further.

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