Three men who conspired to kill as many people as possible in a gun attack on an Australian military base were Friday sentenced to 18 years in jail, with the judge describing their plans as "evil". A jury found Wissam Mahmoud Fattal, 35 and Nayev El Sayed, 28, both of Lebanese descent, and Saney Edow Aweys, 27, who is of Somali origin, guilty of conspiring to plan a terror attack a year ago.
They escaped the maximum penalty of life in prison but Justice Betty King sentenced them each to 18 years with a non-parole period of 13-and-a-half years, saying they remained a danger to the community.