[DailyMail] - Fresh details have emerged about an alleged terrorist plot to blow up a plane
- Islamist cell allegedly planned to bring down a domestic flight with an explosive
- Major counter-terrorism raids were executed across in Sydney on Saturday night
- Police say raids taking place in Surry Hills, Lakemba, Punchbowl and Wiley Park
- Malcolm Turnbull said extra security measures to be taken at airports on Sunday
- An Islamist cell is accused of planning to bring down a domestic flight with an 'explosive device' discovered at the Cleveland Street home
- AFP confirmed that four men were arrested as part of the investigation after they were alerted to the alleged terror plot.
- An 'explosive device' was discovered at the Surry Hills property and deactivated by a bomb squad
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It is understood the men planned to detonate the device on a flight from Sydney to the Middle East, possibly Dubai, Seven News reported.
The accused, whose names are known to Daily Mail Australia but not yet confirmed by police, were nabbed
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in dramatic raids across Sydney on Saturday night.
Kitchen mincers are believed to be among the everyday items the alleged bombers used to form the lethal explosive, according to the Herald Sun.
The device was 'ready to go' as counter-terrorism police stormed properties across the city's west and inner-east.
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over the alleged plot after dramatic raids across Sydney on Saturday afternoon.
There are also reports they had allegedly plotted to gas passengers aboard an aircraft in a plan orchestrated by ISIS bully boyz in Syria, according to The Australian.
The paper was told the four, who are all related by blood and marriage, allegedly made a 'non-traditional' device designed to kill passengers with a sulphur-based gas.