Sydney - Details of the alleged Islamic State (ISIL) plot to publicly behead a random Australian have emerged as one of the suspects arrested during last week's counter-terrorism raids in Sydney appeared in a local court today.

Omarjan Azari, 22, was charged with one count of preparation/planning for a terrorist attack at the Local Sydney Court this morning. His lawyers said Azari will not apply for bail.

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Azari is the first man charged following a major counter-terrorism operation that led to the detention of 14 other suspected terrorists last Thursday. He was accused of conspiring with known ISIL leader in Australia, Mohammad Ali Baryalei, Australian news outlets reported.

Australian authorities say Baryalei, a 33-year-old Afghan refugee and a former Sydney night club bouncer, is responsible for the recruitment of at least 30 Australian foreign fighters of the Islamic State group in the Middle East.

Baryalei, who is known to have recruited a teenage ISIL fighter, has a standing arrest warrant that authorizes his immediate arrest.

Azari was accused of plotting to abduct people from the streets and planning to decapitate them in the manner similar to the three beheading videos of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff and British aid worker David Haines released by ISIL in recent weeks.

According to various Australian news reports, Azari allegedly intended to wrap the victims in an Islamic State flag before decapitating them and uploading the videos online.

It was an act designed to horrify, terrify and shock, commonwealth prosecutor Michael Allnutt said in court this morning.

The counter-terrorism operation called "Operation Appleby" mobilized 800 police officers who searched 10 cars and 15 homes across Sydney and some areas in Brisbane, leading to the arrest of 15 suspected terrorists.

This follows intelligence of a plot for filming Islamist demonstration killings that will be circulated in social media.

Azari is so far the only one arrested who was handed terrorism charges. He remains in police custody until his case is heard in court on November 13.

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