BREAKING NEWS: FLYDUBAI TERROR COPILOT HAS AUSSIE LINKS

According to the Herald Sun: ASIO investigates Flydubai hijack co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami over ties to Victoria.

It's believed al-Hammami previously studied engineering at RMIT University in Melbourne.

An AFP spokeswoman told the Herald Sun Victoria's Joint Counter Terrorism Team, ASIO, and Victoria Police are investigating al-Hammami's links to Australia.

Al-Hammami was born in the UAE to an Omani father and Syrian mother.

He also spent time in Syria, raising concerns he may have been influenced by radical groups there.

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