The thin line between neo-Nazi cosplay and real terrorism
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Extremism

The thin line between neo-Nazi cosplay and real terrorism

A Herald investigation exposing the loathsome behaviour of fringe extreme groups provides grounds for concern,but not panic.

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Plotter a ‘simple soul’ who lacked commitment to terror cause,court told

Plotter a ‘simple soul’ who lacked commitment to terror cause,court told

Samed Eriklioglu was confused and naive,and his brother Ertunc “didn’t have the bottle” to carry out a terror attack,their lawyers said in the County Court.

  • byAdam Cooper
Terror plotter ‘ashamed’ and has denounced beliefs,lawyer tells court

Terror plotter ‘ashamed’ and has denounced beliefs,lawyer tells court

A man who planned with two friends to buy an assault rifle to gun down people in Melbourne lacked the fanatacism of other terror plotters,a court has heard.

  • byAdam Cooper
Terror plotters drew inspiration from 2018 Bourke St attack,court told

Terror plotters drew inspiration from 2018 Bourke St attack,court told

The 2018 Bourke Street terror attack inspired three other men to plot their own terror attack on Melbourne,a court has heard.

  • byAdam Cooper
New law would allow AFP to track terrorists for three years after jail release

New law would allow AFP to track terrorists for three years after jail release

Ankle bracelets and online monitoring would be used to keep watch on convicted terrorists for up to three years under laws Michaelia Cash wants passed by the end of the year.

  • byJames Massola
Alleged Australian Islamic State fighter faces court

Alleged Australian Islamic State fighter faces court

An alleged Islamic State recruiter faced court in Melbourne today after being deported from Turkey where he had been jailed for links to the terrorist group.

  • byNigel Gladstone
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Accused ISIS supporter was found with false Venezuelan passport,court told

Accused ISIS supporter was found with false Venezuelan passport,court told

Ahmed Luqman Talib,31,from Doncaster East in Melbourne’s north-east,applied for bail in the Brisbane Supreme Court.

  • byToby Crockford
Sri Lanka arrests top Muslim leader over 2019 Easter terror attacks

Sri Lanka arrests top Muslim leader over 2019 Easter terror attacks

Sri Lankan police on Saturday arrested a prominent Muslim lawmaker and his brother over suspected connections to the Easter Sunday suicide bombings in 2019 that killed 269 people.

  • byBHARATHA MALLAWARACHI
Media allowed to tour apartment of California shooters
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Media allowed to tour apartment of California shooters

As the FBI were trying to unlock their iPhones media allowed to tour apartment allegedly belonging shooters Tashfeen Malik and her husband,Syed Rizwan Farook.

Australian father-of-eight accused of supporting Syrian terrorist

Australian father-of-eight accused of supporting Syrian terrorist

Melbourne resident Ahmed Luqman Talib,31,was extradited from Victoria and appeared in Brisbane Arrests Courts on Monday.

  • byToby Crockford
Three men plead guilty to terror charges over gun attack plot

Three men plead guilty to terror charges over gun attack plot

Police believe the two Melbourne brothers and their friend were plotting a terror attack in the name of Islamic State.

  • byAdam Cooper