MELBOURNE: Australian police have arrested a man they allege was planning to carry out a terror attack during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Melbourne. Police allege the man had planned to shoot people with an automatic gun at Federation Square in the city’s centre. Authorities said the man had not obtained an automatic weapon before his arrest in Werribee, a Melbourne suburb, on Monday. Last year, police said they had foiled a major terror attack planned for Christmas Day in Melbourne, with Federation Square also among its alleged targets. Australian police have charged 74 people in counter-terrorism investigations since 2014, when the nation’s terror threat level was raised to “probable”.

Source: Pakistan Today November 28, 2017 10:30 UTC