Terror Cell Leader’s Australian Citizenship Cancelled

Victorian police maintain a heavy presence outside the Melbourne Magistrates Court after Australian authorities accused a Muslim man arrested over the weekend on terrorism charges in Melbourne, Australia, on April 3, 2006. William West/AFP via Getty Images

Australia’s Home Affairs minister, Peter Dutton, has cancelled the citizenship of Abdul Nacer Benbrika, the country’s first convicted terrorist leader.

Dutton said Benbrika had been notified of the decision and would remain in prison while a court considered whether to keep him jailed.