Brothers Khaled and Mahmoud Khayat planned two terrorist attacks that also included a chemical gas attack on a flight to Abu Dhabi in July 2017
An Australian court on Wednesday found a man guilty of plotting to blow up a an Etihad Airways flight out of Sydney at the behest of the Islamic State militant group, by hiding a bomb in the luggage of his brother.
The third brother was unaware that he was carrying a bomb, disguised as a meat mincer, in his luggage, as he tried to check in at the airport, police said.But the device was taken out of his luggage when it was deemed too heavy and the bomb never made it past airport security.“The jury this afternoon returned a guilty verdict for Khaled and is still deliberating in respect of Mahmoud,” a spokeswoman for the New South Wales Supreme Court said.
Khaled’s sentence hearing has been set for July 26. The charges carry a maximum punishment of life in prison.
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