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A terror expert has warned Australia could face more dangerous plots in the wake of three men being charged being charged with allegedly planning an ISIS-inspired terror attack.
Brothers Ertunc and Samed Eriklioglu and another man, Hanifi Halis, were arrested in Melbourne yesterday.
It is alleged the men had recently made moves to access a high-powered rifle, and had been communicating on an encrypted messaging app similar to WhatsApp.
© Provided by Nine Digital Pty Ltd Three men have been charged with allegedly planning a terror attack.
A Current Affair spoke to Ertunc and Samed's father, Armagan, at the family's home.
Mr Eriklioglu said he did not believe his sons would have planned to carry out an attack.
"Those three - they don't even know how to use a weapon," he said.
© Provided by Nine Digital Pty Ltd The Eriklioglus prayed at a household mosque.
Mr Eriklioglu said he and his sons had been praying at a mosque located in the garage.
Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Ross Guenther said officers were now working to analyse 17,000 intercepted phone calls, 10,500 text messages and 7800 hours of secret recordings in relation to the investigation.
Since 2014, there have been four terror attacks in Melbourne, with police allegedly foiling a number of others.
Mr Eriklioglu said he and his sons had been praying at a mosque located in the garage.
Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Ross Guenther said officers were now working to analyse 17,000 intercepted phone calls, 10,500 text messages and 7800 hours of secret recordings in relation to the investigation.
Since 2014, there have been four terror attacks in Melbourne, with police allegedly foiling a number of others.
© Provided by Nine Digital Pty Ltd Hassan Khalif Shire Ali was shot dead by police.
Most recently, restaurateur Sisto Malaspina was stabbed to death by Hassan Khalif Shire Ali in Bourke Street.
The terrorist was later shot dead by the police he was trying to attack.
RMIT University terror expert Joe Siracusa said so far, Australia had been "very lucky" that the attacks carried out had been low-level and low-technology.
© Provided by Nine Digital Pty Ltd Ali set his car on fire before carrying out a knife attack.
"But these guys are just the tip of the iceberg," he said.
He said Melbourne and Sydney would probably tie for the title of Australia's terrorism "hotbed" due to the large multicultural communities in both cities.
In December 2014, Man Monis took 18 hostages at the Lindt Cafe in Sydney's Martin Place.
Professor Siracusa warned that more dangerous attacks could be coming.
"We're about to face people who are probably a lot brighter," he said.
"There probably at least 60 people who will be coming back from Syria, and, look, from the Syrian civil war.
"And the people who will come back will be more sophisticated, they will have more information and expertise about ammunition, about bombs, and the rest of it."
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said authorities could continue to combat terrorism.
"So, we will defeat it, and it will take time, and it will only happen not only through the great work of the police and intelligence agencies, but importantly, through the assistance of the public," he said.
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/aust...ticated-terrorists/ar-BBPWzgZ?ocid=spartanntp
Brothers Ertunc and Samed Eriklioglu and another man, Hanifi Halis, were arrested in Melbourne yesterday.
It is alleged the men had recently made moves to access a high-powered rifle, and had been communicating on an encrypted messaging app similar to WhatsApp.
© Provided by Nine Digital Pty Ltd Three men have been charged with allegedly planning a terror attack.
A Current Affair spoke to Ertunc and Samed's father, Armagan, at the family's home.
Mr Eriklioglu said he did not believe his sons would have planned to carry out an attack.
"Those three - they don't even know how to use a weapon," he said.
© Provided by Nine Digital Pty Ltd The Eriklioglus prayed at a household mosque.
Mr Eriklioglu said he and his sons had been praying at a mosque located in the garage.
Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Ross Guenther said officers were now working to analyse 17,000 intercepted phone calls, 10,500 text messages and 7800 hours of secret recordings in relation to the investigation.
Since 2014, there have been four terror attacks in Melbourne, with police allegedly foiling a number of others.
Mr Eriklioglu said he and his sons had been praying at a mosque located in the garage.
Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Ross Guenther said officers were now working to analyse 17,000 intercepted phone calls, 10,500 text messages and 7800 hours of secret recordings in relation to the investigation.
Since 2014, there have been four terror attacks in Melbourne, with police allegedly foiling a number of others.
© Provided by Nine Digital Pty Ltd Hassan Khalif Shire Ali was shot dead by police.
Most recently, restaurateur Sisto Malaspina was stabbed to death by Hassan Khalif Shire Ali in Bourke Street.
The terrorist was later shot dead by the police he was trying to attack.
RMIT University terror expert Joe Siracusa said so far, Australia had been "very lucky" that the attacks carried out had been low-level and low-technology.
© Provided by Nine Digital Pty Ltd Ali set his car on fire before carrying out a knife attack.
"But these guys are just the tip of the iceberg," he said.
He said Melbourne and Sydney would probably tie for the title of Australia's terrorism "hotbed" due to the large multicultural communities in both cities.
In December 2014, Man Monis took 18 hostages at the Lindt Cafe in Sydney's Martin Place.
Professor Siracusa warned that more dangerous attacks could be coming.
"We're about to face people who are probably a lot brighter," he said.
"There probably at least 60 people who will be coming back from Syria, and, look, from the Syrian civil war.
"And the people who will come back will be more sophisticated, they will have more information and expertise about ammunition, about bombs, and the rest of it."
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said authorities could continue to combat terrorism.
"So, we will defeat it, and it will take time, and it will only happen not only through the great work of the police and intelligence agencies, but importantly, through the assistance of the public," he said.
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/aust...ticated-terrorists/ar-BBPWzgZ?ocid=spartanntp
