Australian Prime Minister: 'Police Arrest 4 In Terror Plot To Blow-Up An Aircraft

ABC News Online: Sydney terror raids 'disrupted' plot to bring down plane, Malcolm Turnbull says

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says anti-terrorism raids carried out in Sydney yesterday "disrupted" an alleged plot to bring down an aircraft.

Four men were arrested after the Australian Federal Police, New South Wales Police and ASIO raided homes in the inner-city suburb of Surry Hills, and the south-western suburbs of Lakemba, Wiley Park and Punchbowl.

The AFP said the operation related to information about the use of an "improvised device".

"We don't have a great deal of information on the specific attack, the location, date or time, however, we're investigating information indicating the aviation industry was potentially a target of that attack," AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin said.

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