A man who planned a New Year’s Eve terrorist attack in Melbourne’s Federation Square three years ago has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Ali Khalif Shire Ali, 23, pleaded guilty in May last year to one charge of preparing a terrorist attack.
Police thwarted the plans, arresting him in November 2017 after a covert operation lasting a number of months.
Ali is the brother of Hassan Khalif Shire Ali, who in November 2018 crashed a car full of gas cylinders in Bourke Street in Melbourne’s CBD before stabbing three people, killing cafe owner Sisto Malaspina.
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