The brother of the Bourke Street killer planned to shoot civilians and take hostages during New Year’s Eve celebrations in 2017. 9News
During his pre-sentence hearing in November last year, Ali took to the stand to apologise and renounce the terrorist organisation.He also renounced IS and said he hated the terror group.
"I hate them for the actions they committed, the innocent lives they have taken for no reason," Ali told the court.The group had influenced his brother Hassan Khalif Shire Ali, who killed Pellegrini's Espresso Bar owner Sisto Malaspina on Bourke Street in 2018.The younger Ali has been in custody since November 2017, when police arrested him at a Werribee shopping strip.
The 23-year-old was jailed for 10 years for plotting the terror act and must serve at least seven-and-a-half years.
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