'The who's who of Australian jihad': The faces of terrorism revealed... after one 19-year-old made chilling social media posts warning of local attacks and saying 'their eyes will stare in horror'
- Group of 12 men and boys are being watched by Australia Federal Police
- The group of extremists attempted to recruit a 14-year-old boy for attack
- Police say they are capable of carrying out a terrorist attack in Australia
- Men are part of a wider group of 19, including some who are already in jail
- Authorities are investigating how young boys are becoming radicalised
- It comes after Farhad Jabar, 15, shot dead police worker Curtis Cheng
A group of men and boys living in Australia police believe have the capability to commit an act of terror have been revealed as 'the who's who' of local extremism.
The potential would-be terrorists, known as the Appleby Group, were revealed as part of an investigation by the ABC's Four Corners.
The program also said the group recruited Parramatta gunman Farhad Jabar, who killed Curtis Cheng last month.
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Some of the men police believe are members of the Appleby Group are: (top row, left to right) Ahmad Saiyer Naizmand, Sulayman Khalid, Wassim Fayad, Hamdi Alqudi, (bottom row, left to right) Milad Atai, Jalaal Suleman, Mustafa Dirani and Raban Alou
Most members of the group are aged in their 'teens or earlier twenties', however the oldest is 48 and the youngest 12.
Four Corners also said a number of the men took part in the Hyde Park riots in 2012.
The program said those in attendance at the riots made up a 'virtual who's who of Australia's jihadist ranks'.
The group included notorious names such as: Wassim Fayad, Hamdi Alqudsi, Sulayman Khalid, Raban Alou - who police will claim gave Jabar the weapon he used to murder Mr Cheng, Ahmad Saiyer Naizmand, Omarjan Azari and Mustafa Dirani.
Members of the 'Appleby Group' were revealed by the ABC's Four Corners program
The group included notorious names such as: Wassim Fayad, Hamdi Alqudsi, Sulayman Khalid, Raban Alou - who police will claim gave Jabar the weapon he used to murder Mr Cheng, Ahmad Saiyer Naizmand, Omarjan Azari and Mustafa Dirani.
Twelve men and boys living in Australia are being watched closely by authorities because they are capable of committing an act of terror as police investigate how Parramatta shooter Farhad Jabar, 15, became radicalised
Another of the men is Jalaal Suleman, 19, who police believe is 'willing and able' to carry out a terrorist attack.
According to the program, Suleman said martyrdom attacks would become 'the trend' in Australia, in a social media post.
'Martyrdom operations is the way', he writes. 'There will be a day very soon that their eyes will stare in horror.'
It was also revealed the group attempted to recruit a 14-year-old boy. It is believed the boy turned the group down, which led to them convincing Jabar to join. The program cited police as revealing one member told another that because they were under such close surveillance, they needed a 'jahil' - Arabic for an ignorant person - to 'kill a kaffir', which they believe meant a child.
Photos of the young boy posing with guns were found when police raided his home earlier this year, according to the ABC.
The 12 men who attempted to recruit the boy are part of a wider group of 19 people, including some who are already in jail, and are being monitored by anti-terrorism police, according to Australian Federal Police's counter-terrorism chief, Neil Gaughan.
'I think there can be no doubt that there's a small group in Sydney that are engaged in activity which wants to upset the Australian way of life,' Assistant Commissioner Gaughan told the ABC.
Raban Alou (right, wearing a blue jumper) is believed to be a part of the 'Appleby Group'
The group of Australian men described as the 'who's who' of local extremism were also linked to Khaled Sharrouf and Mohamed Elomar
Since police carried out its largest counter-terrorism raids in September last year under Operation Appleby, more than 30 people have faced court on terrorism-related charges.
'The first series of Appleby raids saw one person arrested with a large number of police involved,' Gaughan said. 'Since that time, 10 of those persons involved in the raids are currently in custody or before the court and we've laid in excess of 30 charges.'
Police have given some of those being watched 'control orders' because of the high risk of them carrying out a terrorist attack.
According to the ABC, many of the men involved with the potential terrorist group attending the Hype Park riots in 2012
Police confront protestors demonstrating against an anti-Islam video in Sydney on Saturday, September 15, 2012
Among those with a interim control order is 20-year-old Naizmand who tried to flee Australia with his brother's passport last year but was detected by police.
The order prohibits him from associating with 18 other men and boys, including two men - Talal Alameddine and Raban Alou - charged over the fatal shooting of police worker Mr Cheng in Parramatta in Sydney's west last month, which was carried out by 15-year-old Jabar.
Police are looking at how the teenager, who was shot dead in a police shoot out, could have been radicalised to carry out the terrorist attack.
The men and boys being monitored are part of a wider group of 19 people including some who are already in jail like Raban Alou (pictured) who was charged in relation to the shooting of Curtis Cheng in Parramatta
NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn said police were dealing with a small group of people who have become radicalised and are turning it into a form of violence extremism
'What we can say is there is the very real issue at the moment where we are dealing with a small group of people who have become radicalised but who are turning that radicalisation into a form of violent extremism,' NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn said.
It comes after a Newspoll taken at the weekend for The Australian showed three out of four Australian believe a large-scale terror attack is likely on our shores.
The poll also shows two thirds of Australians believe the Muslim community is not doing enough to condemn terrorist acts.
But it found people are divided on whether Australia should commit ground troops in Iraq and Syria to fight the Islamic State group, which has claimed responsibility for the terror attacks in Paris that killed 130 people.
Police have given some of those being watched 'control orders' because of the high risk of them carrying out a terrorist attack, including Ahmad Saiyer Naizmand, 20, who tried to flee Australia with his brother's passport
Police are looking at how 15-year-old Farhad Jabar, who was shot dead in a police shoot out in Parramatta in Sydney's west, could have been radicalised to carry out the terrorist attack on Curtis Cheng
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