- Tamil Khaja was sentenced to 19 years jail in a Sydney court on Friday
- He told the court he wouldn’t hesitate to shoot at a two-month old baby
- Khaja, 20, has pleaded guilty to preparing for or planning a terror attack
Tamil Khaja, 20, was sentenced to 19 years jail for preparing and planning Sydney terrorist attack
A young would-be terrorist has been sentenced to 19 years behind bars after pleading guilty to planning and preparing a terrorist attack in Sydney two years ago.
Tamim Khaja believed he had ‘a sacred duty’ to carry out ‘appallingly wrong’ attacks, Justice Desmond Fagan told the NSW Supreme Court on Friday.
Justice Fagan sentenced Khaja to a maximum of 19 years imprisonment with a non-parole period of 14 years and three months.
Khaja said he ‘wouldn’t buckle’ at firing at a two-month-old baby or someone carrying the infant, a Sydney court was told.
The 20-year-old had begun to scope out potential target buildings in Sydney including the Parramatta District Court precinct and Timor Army Barracks.
At his sentence hearing in the Supreme Court at Parramatta on Friday, the prosecutor tendered an agreed statement of facts which included the baby comments made to two undercover police officers.
Court documents show Khaja said ‘maximum fire, I mean to take as many of them down as I can, and at the end when I see that there’s too many I will take myself with them as well’, Nine News reported.
He said he ‘wouldn’t buckle’ at firing at a two-month-old baby or someone carrying the infant, a Sydney court has been told
Khaja was 18 at the time, and also told police ‘there’s Kirribilli House… I’ve looked at the house that’s in Canberra as well’.
He was arrested in May 2016 during a joint NSW and Federal Police operation for sizing up potential target buildings and previously attempting to travel to Syria.
Khaja allegedly tried to travel to Syria but was stopped at Sydney Airport because his passport had been cancelled.
Police believe he was acting alone in planning a terror attack in Sydney.
At his sentence hearing in the Supreme Court at Parramatta on Friday, the prosecutor tendered an agreed statement of facts which included the baby comments made to two undercover police officers