Alwaght – A young man inspired by the ISIS terrorist group attacked an old man with a knife in Austrailian Capital city of Sydeny, police said.
Ihsan Khan, 22, is accused of stabbing Wayne Greenhalg, 59, several times on Olhfsen Road on Saturday.
The attack did not kill the victim but left him in critical condition in hospital for some time.
After being stabbed several times Wayne managed to seek shelter in a nearby hair salon.
"We will be alleging before court that this was an act inspired by ISIS, it was a deliberate act, it resulted in a person receiving extremely serious injuries," NSW Deputy Police Commissioner Catherine Burns said.
Khan is known to police but not for links to any known terror groups, Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burns said.
ISIS has used his followers also know as Lonely Wolves to commit small but largely untraceable attacks in western countries and recently threatened to increase the number of such attacks in a video posted on line.
