NewsThe Srilankan family of a New South Wales student accused of planning to assassinate senior Australian politicians said the alleged Islamic State affiliate is "just like any other boy", ABC news reported. "We love him - when anyone has done something wrong they should deal with them - but as a family we believe he's innocent," Mr Musthapha told Hack. "As a family we believe he hasn't done anything wrong, we're very confident of that but until the judicial system makes a finding we'll have to wait and see. Police have said Mr Nizamdeen appeared to be an Islamic State Affiliate despite not charging him with being a member of a terrorist organisation. "Everybody in the family is shattered and broken but the fact that this happened in Australia, we know that you have a good judicial system and justice will prevail."

Source: Sunday Times September 04, 2018 03:33 UTC