Regional Australia responds to the terror raids

Updated September 20 2014 - 8:10am, first published September 19 2014 - 5:25pm
A man detained by police during a raid kneels on the ground in Sydney. Picture: REUTERS
A man detained by police during a raid kneels on the ground in Sydney. Picture: REUTERS

Past president of the Ballarat Islamic Society, Ibrahim Sultan, said the people arrested on Thursday were "criminals who belong to no religion".