Fears chemical attack on Sydney commuters was next after alleged ‘plane bomb

From Seven News Sydney

The men charged over an alleged terror plot on a plane set to depart Sydney airport may have identified local trains and buses as potential backup targets.

After the plan to blow up the plane mid-flight was thwarted at check-in, police are looking at the possibility that the suspects regrouped, sought fresh orders from Islamic State operatives overseas and then plotted to unleash a public transport chemical attack in Sydney.

While much of the focus had been on protecting our skies, there are new concerns that buses, trains, and ferries were part of alleged plan to murder Sydney commuters with deadly hydrogen sulphide. 

Police allege brothers Khaled and Mahmoud Khayat were being directed by an Islamic State controller in Syria.

“This is one of the most sophisticated plots that has ever been attempted on Australian soil,” Deputy AFP commissioner Michael Phelan told reporters.