Melbourne terror shooting: Numan Haider ‘planned to behead Victoria Police officers, drape bodies in IS flag’
John Silvester
The Age
September 24, 2014
Police feared the 18-year-old man shot dead outside the Endeavour Hills police station planned to behead officers and post the images online.
Numan Haider used a small knife to attack an Australian Federal Police officer and a Victorian policeman before he was shot dead with a single shot.
When Mr Haider was searched he was found to be carrying a larger knife and an Islamic State flag.
Police believe the plan was to follow instructions from the international terror group Islamic State and behead the officers, cover the bodies in the flag and then take photos to post via the internet.
He had been the subject of police investigations for the past three months as he had become increasingly radical.
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