[IsraelTimes] Bourhan Hraichie, who allegedly carved Islamic State symbol into cellmate’s forehead earlier this year, pens letter discussing beheading plansA 19-year-old man has been charged in connection with planning a terrorist act in Australia, police said Wednesday.
Police said the man, Bourhan Hraichie, 19, who is in prison over a separate issue, has been charged with drawing up a document connected with preparation for a terrorist act.
Police did not reveal details but The Sydney Morning Herald said that documents allegedly found in the man’s cell included a letter discussing plans to behead people.
Hraichie, who is due to face a Sydney court on October 12, has also been charged with an act in preparation for or planning a terrorist act and with delivering a document threatening to kill a person.
The Herald said Hraichie had threatened to kill New South Wales corrective services commissioner Peter Severin.
Hraichie was moved to a high security prison earlier this year after allegedly trying to carve an Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
"eye for an eye" symbol ["e4e"] into his cellmate’s forehead, choking him and pouring boiling water on him -- acts for which he was charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent and intentionally choking a person, the paper said.
The charges come just days after a 22-year-old man, who police said was "inspired by" the Islamic State group, stabbed a 59-year-old man out walking in southwestern Sydney, leaving him with serious injuries.
Last week a teenage boy was also charged with making threats at the Sydney Opera House. Both incidents follow a recent call by IS urging followers to target high-profile Australian sites.
New South Wales police said the unnamed man was being held on remand at a jail in Goulburn, 200 kilometers (125 miles) from Sydney, over other matters, and the latest charges followed the seizure of material at the prison.
"There is no current threat to the community as a result of today’s activity," NSW police said in a joint statement with their federal counterparts.
Officials say they have stopped 10 terror attacks in Australia in the past two years, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull saying the threat of a terror attack in his nation was "real."