Australia Detains Five Men 'Planning to Join ISIS'

May 11, 2016, 09:29 AM
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Australian police have detained five men they suspect were planning to sail from the country's northern coast in a bid to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS).

Reuters reports that the five men were intercepted on Tuesday after ttransporting a 7-meter boat more than 1,800 miles north from Melbourne. They reportedly chose to leave Australia by boat because their passports had been invalidated.