Terror raids: The rising fear in Sydney's suburbs

By Tom Allard
Updated September 20 2014 - 11:08am, first published September 19 2014 - 11:59pm
Resolute: Premier Mike Baird, NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione and Police Minister Stuart Ayres addressing the media. Photo: Jessica Hromas
Resolute: Premier Mike Baird, NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione and Police Minister Stuart Ayres addressing the media. Photo: Jessica Hromas
NSW Police during raids on houses in western Sydney this week. Photo: Edwina Pickles
NSW Police during raids on houses in western Sydney this week. Photo: Edwina Pickles
NSW Police during raids on houses in western Sydney this week. Photo: Edwina Pickles
NSW Police during raids on houses in western Sydney this week. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Resolute: Premier Mike Baird, NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione and Police Minister Stuart Ayres addressing the media. Photo: Jessica Hromas
Resolute: Premier Mike Baird, NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione and Police Minister Stuart Ayres addressing the media. Photo: Jessica Hromas
Resolute: Premier Mike Baird, NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione and Police Minister Stuart Ayres addressing the media. Photo: Jessica Hromas
Resolute: Premier Mike Baird, NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione and Police Minister Stuart Ayres addressing the media. Photo: Jessica Hromas
NSW Police during raids on houses in western Sydney this week. Photo: Edwina Pickles
NSW Police during raids on houses in western Sydney this week. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Resolute: Premier Mike Baird, NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione and Police Minister Stuart Ayres addressing the media. Photo: Jessica Hromas
Resolute: Premier Mike Baird, NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione and Police Minister Stuart Ayres addressing the media. Photo: Jessica Hromas
NSW Police during raids on houses in western Sydney this week. Photo: Edwina Pickles
NSW Police during raids on houses in western Sydney this week. Photo: Edwina Pickles

It was a terrorist plot marked by its brutality and simplicity, and the ease with which it could be rolled out at a moment's notice: kidnap innocent bystanders, whisk them back to a secret location and execute them by means of decapitation.

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