Insight (1995)
Somali Australians
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2009 • E21 Sep 8, 2009 60mVictoria's Somali community is in shock after the arrests of three of its own last month.
The three Somali-Australian men have been charged over terror related offenses involving an alleged plan to attack a Sydney army base.
Two of the men are also facing additional charges over alleged links to a foreign army -believed to be the Somali militant group al-Shabaab.
The government has since proscribed al-Shabaab as a terrorist organisation with links to al- Qa'ida.
Insight travels to Victoria to bring the local Somali community together to discuss recent events and to explore the challenges they face growing up in Australia.
The three Somali-Australian men have been charged over terror related offenses involving an alleged plan to attack a Sydney army base.
Two of the men are also facing additional charges over alleged links to a foreign army -believed to be the Somali militant group al-Shabaab.
The government has since proscribed al-Shabaab as a terrorist organisation with links to al- Qa'ida.
Insight travels to Victoria to bring the local Somali community together to discuss recent events and to explore the challenges they face growing up in Australia.