article_snippet.sent: The five men who were arrested in anti-terror raids on Saturday in Melbourne, after the culmination of a month-long operation code-named Operation Rising, were planning a strikingly similar attack.
article_snippet.sent: When the alleged plot was uncovered by Greater Manchester Police, they tipped off Australian authorities who swooped on the terror suspects, arresting five men over the weekend.
article_snippet.sent: the five men often frequented the controversial Al-Furqan Islamic study centre in South Springvale.
article_snippet.sent: A friend of the five men still in custody said the five men became radicalised after the death of Numan Haider.
article_snippet.sent: violence was also revealed the five men who planned Saturday's attacks Saturday had personal links with a senior Australian jihadist and Islamic State recruiter in Syria.
article_snippet.sent: the five men who planned Saturday's attacks are from suburbs in the city's far southeast.