‘We did nothing wrong’: seven men released from custody in Sydney deny Islamist links

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Source: theguardian.com
‘We did nothing wrong’: seven men released from custody in Sydney deny Islamist links

After being held for 24 hours, the men say they had been driving to a holiday rental when they were detained by police

Seven men with suspected links to Islamic extremism have been released from police custody after their dramatic arrest on a street.

The Victorian-based group were travelling in convoy through south-west Sydney, potentially to the scene of the shooting massacre at Bondi beach, when tactical police rammed their cars and took them into custody on Thursday.

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