Man charged with planning Islamic State terror attack in Australia
BRISBANE - A man charged in an Australian court with supporting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria faced a fresh accusation Friday of planning a terrorist attack in Australia.
Agim Kruezi, 21, and Omar Succarieh, 31, have been in custody since September 10 when they were arrested in a series of police raids in the Queensland state capital, Brisbane, and neighboring Logan that culminated a yearlong counterterrorism investigation.
Police said on the day of the raids that they had found no evidence of a domestic terrorist threat. But Kruezi was charged in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Friday with offenses including transporting a firearm and possessing machetes, knives, balaclavas and military fatigues in preparation for a terrorist act.
