FAMILY BEHIND ’MINCER’ BOMB PLAN

TWO father and son would-be terror teams linked by marriage are allegedly behind a plot to blow up a plane on an international flight out of Sydney using a homemade bomb disguised as a kitchen mincer. Until last week, the four men – the fathers aged in their 40s – were totally unknown to the nation’s counter-terrorism authorities with only one conviction for negligent driving between them. Then early last week, police picked up a “small piece of intelligence” about the possible “Islamist-inspired” plot to use a crude homemade bomb. It is believed the plot involved smuggling the bomb on to a flight bound for the Middle East, possibly Dubai, hidden in carry-on luggage.