It said to kill “them wherever you find them until the hollowness of their arrogance is filled with terror and they regret having waged a war against the believers”.
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Raad allegedly became close to the leadership of Islamic State in Syria, and fought in many battles.
As reported by news.com.au, that article also mentioned the following lines, “Kill them on the streets of Brunswick, Broadmeadows, Bankstown, and Bondi”.
“This is a reminder that this is unrelenting and Australia is certainly in their frame”, he said. But even when we’ve done that, they’ve got a global insurgency.
“It’s something the authorities and police should worry about”, he said.
Barton said the increased focus on lone-wolf attacks in Isis propaganda could be attributed to setbacks on the ground in Syria and Iraq, but that should not be a source of complacency.
‘Sharing of intelligence is more important than ever before, ‘ he told reporters.
“At this stage there is nothing of any concern”, he said on Tuesday in Melbourne, where a terror plot planned for Anzac Day was thwarted past year.
The article finishes with an exhortation to Islamic State sympathisers in Australia to carry out attacks here.
Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews said while the national threat level for terrorism remains at “probable”, Victoria Police was taking the threat “very seriously”.
He implored Victorians to continue going about their business. “If people are planning on going to the footy this weekend, they can do so confidently”, he said.
‘That’s a sign of strength and sends a very clear message that we will not be intimidated by these sorts of cowardly threats, ‘ Mr Andrews said.
There are hundreds of Islamic State sympathisers in Australia and an attack at an iconic landmark could be worse than the Sydney siege, a terror expert has warned.
It says that Raad also became contemptuous of “moderate” Muslim leaders such as Melbourne-based Sheikh Mohammed Omran, whose own son was killed in mysterious circumstances in Syria earlier this year.
An edition of an Islamic State magazine called Rumiyah carries a long article about Melbourne man Ezzit Raad, including a photograph which appears to be of his corpse.
Rumiyah urges revenge for the death, describing Australia as a land cloaked in darkness and corrupted by “kufr, fornication, and all forms of vice”.
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And a counter-terrorism expert is warning Australians not to succumb to the hype surrounding Islamic State’s propaganda.
