Police will allege that components for an improvised explosive device (IED) were sent to Australia in air cargo from Turkey via Isis operatives in Syria. Australian government defends airport security after criticism by pilots Read morePolice will allege that the men planned to place the IED on an Etihad flight out of Sydney airport on 15 July. But told reporters on Friday the device had not breached airport security and did not even enter screening processes. “It did not make it as far as security.” He said he was “extremely confident” the IED would have been detected by standard airport security. They will allege that the men began communication with the overseas Isis operatives in April after being introduced by the brother of one of the men, who was in Syria.

Source: The Guardian August 04, 2017 00:32 UTC