By Shive Prema For Daily Mail Australia and Australian Associated Press
Published: 11:17 BST, 15 May 2019 | Updated: 11:30 BST, 15 May 2019
The brother of a terrorist who stabbed a cafe owner to death has himself pleaded guilty to planning a mass shooting to 'advance the cause of Islam'.
Somali-Australian Ali Khalif Shire Ali, 22, admitted trying to get a firearm and ammunition in a plot to attack Melbourne's Federation Square, a popular public place, on New Year's Eve in 2017.
The Victorian Supreme Court on Wednesday heard Ali planned the attack to 'advance the cause of Islam through violence', ABC News reported.
Ali Khalif Shire Ali (pictured), 22, tried to get a firearm and ammunition in a plot to attack Melbourne's Federation Square on New Years Eve in 2017
Ali is the younger brother of 30-year-old Hassan Khalif Shire Ali, who fatally stabbed Pellegrini's Espresso Bar owner Sisto Malaspina, 74, in November last year.
The killer was shot at the scene by police and later died in hospital.
The younger sibling had previously denied his terror
