Suspected plane bomb plotters held in Iraq

Updated April 18 2018 - 3:40pm, first published 3:32pm
The brothers of IS commander Tarek Khayat appeared before Parramatta Local Court last year.
The brothers of IS commander Tarek Khayat appeared before Parramatta Local Court last year.

Defence Minister Marise Payne has confirmed an Australian has been detained in Iraq amid reports the two Islamic State (IS) fighters connected to a terror plot to blow up a plane leaving Sydney have been captured.

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