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| Sister of Parramatta shooting gunman had left for Syria, say police Sister of Parramatta shooting gunman had left for Syria, say police | |
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| New South Wales police have confirmed that the sister of teenage gunman Farhad Jabar fled to Syria the day before he killed a police accountant in October, accusing a 20-year-old western Sydney man of facilitating her travel. | New South Wales police have confirmed that the sister of teenage gunman Farhad Jabar fled to Syria the day before he killed a police accountant in October, accusing a 20-year-old western Sydney man of facilitating her travel. |
| Milad Atai, of Guildford, was one of four men charged on Wednesday with plotting the terrorist shooting of Curtis Cheng. | Milad Atai, of Guildford, was one of four men charged on Wednesday with plotting the terrorist shooting of Curtis Cheng. |
| Atai was also charged with being a member of a listed terrorist organisation, likely to be Islamic State, the only one of the four accused of joining the group. | Atai was also charged with being a member of a listed terrorist organisation, likely to be Islamic State, the only one of the four accused of joining the group. |
| Cheng, an accountant and father of two, was shot and killed as he left Parramatta police headquarters by 15-year-old Farhad Jabar, who was subsequently shot dead by police. | Cheng, an accountant and father of two, was shot and killed as he left Parramatta police headquarters by 15-year-old Farhad Jabar, who was subsequently shot dead by police. |
| Police accused Atai on Wednesday of helping spirit Jabar’s sister to Syria the day before Cheng was killed, the first official confirmation she has fled to the war-torn country. | Police accused Atai on Wednesday of helping spirit Jabar’s sister to Syria the day before Cheng was killed, the first official confirmation she has fled to the war-torn country. |
| NSW police deputy commissioner Catherine Burn declined to comment on the sister’s involvement in the alleged conspiracy to kill Cheng, if any, or on her current whereabouts. | NSW police deputy commissioner Catherine Burn declined to comment on the sister’s involvement in the alleged conspiracy to kill Cheng, if any, or on her current whereabouts. |
| The three other men, Raban Alou, Mustafa Dirani and Talal Alameddine, were already on remand in Goulburn’s Supermax prison facing charges over 58-year-old Cheng’s killing, along with a raft of other terrorism offences. | The three other men, Raban Alou, Mustafa Dirani and Talal Alameddine, were already on remand in Goulburn’s Supermax prison facing charges over 58-year-old Cheng’s killing, along with a raft of other terrorism offences. |
| The four were charged on Wednesday with conspiring to do an act in preparation for a terrorist attack, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. | The four were charged on Wednesday with conspiring to do an act in preparation for a terrorist attack, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. |
| Alou, 18, was charged in January with being the ringleader of a homegrown terrorist group that allegedly included Alameddine, 22, and 23-year-old Dirani. Atai was also charged on Wednesday with being a member of the unlisted terrorist group. | Alou, 18, was charged in January with being the ringleader of a homegrown terrorist group that allegedly included Alameddine, 22, and 23-year-old Dirani. Atai was also charged on Wednesday with being a member of the unlisted terrorist group. |
| The Guildford teenager Alou is already accused of passing Jabar a Smith and Wesson revolver in a section of the Parramatta mosque outside the view of CCTV cameras. Alameddine is believed to have sourced the gun. | The Guildford teenager Alou is already accused of passing Jabar a Smith and Wesson revolver in a section of the Parramatta mosque outside the view of CCTV cameras. Alameddine is believed to have sourced the gun. |
| Atai, 20, had not previously been linked to the Cheng murder and was arrested in March this year after allegedly giving funds to a 16-year-old schoolgirl, to be passed onto Islamic State. | Atai, 20, had not previously been linked to the Cheng murder and was arrested in March this year after allegedly giving funds to a 16-year-old schoolgirl, to be passed onto Islamic State. |
| It is unclear why Atai has been charged with being a member of Islamic State rather than the local group allegedly headed by Alou. | It is unclear why Atai has been charged with being a member of Islamic State rather than the local group allegedly headed by Alou. |
| Police will allege Atai too was involved in meetings to plot Cheng’s killing in the days before 2 October last year. | Police will allege Atai too was involved in meetings to plot Cheng’s killing in the days before 2 October last year. |
| Alammeddine is facing additional charges of refusing to answer 20 questions from the Crime Commission over the murder. | Alammeddine is facing additional charges of refusing to answer 20 questions from the Crime Commission over the murder. |
| The men are part of 14 people charged with alleged terrorism offences under Operation Appleby, a counter-terrorism investigation focusing on links between Mohammad Baryalei, a senior Islamic State recruiter in Syria, and those he allegedly encouraged to commit violence back in Australia. | The men are part of 14 people charged with alleged terrorism offences under Operation Appleby, a counter-terrorism investigation focusing on links between Mohammad Baryalei, a senior Islamic State recruiter in Syria, and those he allegedly encouraged to commit violence back in Australia. |
| Among them is 23-year-old Omarjan Azari, accused of agreeing to Baryalei’s orders to snatch “any random unbeliever” and “finish him, finish her [and] put the flag of the [Islamic] state in the background”. | Among them is 23-year-old Omarjan Azari, accused of agreeing to Baryalei’s orders to snatch “any random unbeliever” and “finish him, finish her [and] put the flag of the [Islamic] state in the background”. |