In Australia, the State of Victoria's counter terrorism unit has slammed as criminal a number of prank videos in which three young men, the Jalal brothers, wearing traditional Middle Eastern attire, pretend to fire an AK-47 at unsuspecting victims.
Brothers Max, Rebeen and Arman Jalal were arrested in Melbourne on Thursday after surrendering themselves to police following a search of their South Morang home by Victoria Police's counter terrorism unit.
Videos of the pranks were uploaded to social media on Tuesday but police say they have been aware of the trio's activities, and other videos, for weeks.
Ross Gunther is the assistant commisioner of the Victoria Police counyter-terrorism squad.
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