Thursday, April 25, 2024

Wassim Fayad drawn into probe of alleged Sydney teen terror network

Wassim Fayad was questioned by the Joint Counter-Terrorism Team yesterday as part of police raids on an alleged terrorist network tied to a stabbing at a Sydney church last week.

He was convicted in 2013 for whipping a man as punishment for consuming alcohol and taking illicit drugs.

Fayad spent seven years in jail until 2020 after being convicted of a failed ATM ram raid, the whipping of a Muslim convert and being an accessory to an attempted shooting murder at a gay sex club.

He was placed on an extended supervision order in 2021 because he was considered a high risk of committing a terrorism offence, but a judge rejected an application to extend the order last year.........................

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Live video on X leads to five arrests

After the video livestreamed on X last week, five teenagers have been arrested for counterterrorism over the Bishop’s stabbing at a Sydney church last week.

Two teenagers, aged 17 and 14, have been charged with "possessing or controlling violent extremist material obtained or accessed using a carriage service".

Another two, both aged 16, have been charged with "conspiring to engage in any act in preparation for, or planning, a terrorist act".

The fifth teenager, 17, has been charged with "conspiring to engage in an act in preparation for, or planning, a terrorist act and custody of a knife in a public place".

All five have been refused bail and are expected to appear before a children's court later today (Thursday).

Had the video not been shown, these teens would not have been found and arrested.