Two men arrested in counter-terrorism raid in Sydney's west
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Two men have been arrested in Sydney's west in a counter-terrorism raid and will face court today, police say.
New South Wales and federal police will hold a joint press conference on the arrests this morning.
NSW Deputy Police Commissioner Catherine Burn and AFP Deputy Commissioner Michael Phelan will speak to the media.
The two police officers oversee the Joint Counter Terrorism Taskforce, which has been investigating Australians suspected of plotting terrorism attacks on home soil, or Australians with links to overseas terrorists.
Operation Appleby has seen the arrests of about a dozen people, including 22-year-old Omarjan Azari who has been accused of plotting a campaign of random beheadings of members of the public in Sydney and Brisbane.
Azari remains in jail.
More to come.
