Vic terrorist considered IS to 'be cool'

By Karen Sweeney
Updated October 15 2019 - 5:28pm, first published 5:26pm
Ahmed Mohamed and two friends plotted a terror attack for Melbourne on Christmas Day in 2016.
Ahmed Mohamed and two friends plotted a terror attack for Melbourne on Christmas Day in 2016.

A Melbourne father convicted of a plot to set off bombs and behead people in a Christmas Day terror attack says he only supported Islamic State so he could be the "cool guy" among his friends.

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