Police Raid Home Of Fake Terrorist Pranksters. Jalal Brothers Arrested.

By Sughra Hafeez in Bizarre On 7th March 2016
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#1 after sparking outrage with a suicide bomber hoax video and 'drive by shooting' stunt targeting a young girl.

#2 Law student Max, 20, Arman, 18, and Rebeen Jalal, 16, are currently being questioned by police in custody

..following a month-long investigation into their controversial fake terror attack videos.

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#3 Max, 20, Rebeen, 16, and Arman Jalal, 18, (l-r) attended a police station on Thursday

Shortly after counter terrorism detectives executed a warrant at their Melbourne home

#4 Assistant Commissioner Ross Guenther from Victoria Police confirmed that police had been investigating the brothers for the past month -

but said they have not yet been charged.

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#5 The brothers even claimed that Arman was shot during filming for a suicide bombing prank (shown)

He confirmed that police had been investigating the brothers for the past month - but said they have not yet been charged.

Police searched their home for imitation guns, costumes and computers and seized a number of items.

They are considering firearms charges, assault charges, and also recovering any money the brothers may have made from posting the videos, according to the ABC.

AC Guenther also told the press conference that there had been some 'parental involvement' in the arrests today.

He said police are now now looking at taking the videos down, but pointed out that they are held offshore, so there could be some complications.

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#6 They posted pictures of him in hospital, saying: 'It's been a hard 2 weeks filming without you little Jalal'

The 20-year-old Law student, who has started his degree at Victoria University, said he had thought about how the extreme videos might affect his career.

'It has crossed my mind, but I want to concentrate on the videos,' he said.

The trio first came under fire in December last year with a 'public bomb scare' stunt that showed a man in a white robe thrusting a bag into a man's lap.

The man immediately tossed the bag away from him and jumped into a nearby lake in the clip which has more than 85 million views.

Another part of the video showed one of the 'pranksters' launching the backpack into the open window of someone's car.

The driver quickly abandoned the vehicle leaving the door flung wide open.

Despite an outpouring of negative comments, the brothers amassed legions of followers with their official Facebook page attracting over a million likes just days after they released the video.

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#7 The eldest brother, Max (pictured), whose Facebook pages states: 'I do bomb pranks for a living', attended Mill Park Secondary College with Arman

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#8 Despite an outpouring of negative comments, the brothers amassed legions of followers with

...their official Facebook page attracting over a million likes just days after they released the video

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#9 Max Jalal is pictured (left) with his brother Arman (second right) posing in front of sports cars

'In just one week we managed to achieve 1 million likes on this page, that's crazy,' they wrote on Facebook.

'We couldn't of done it without you guys, so we would like to personally thank each and every one of you for all the support and feedback you've given us! P.s f*** the haters.'

Max revealed that they first started filming prank videos around six months ago after seeing some videos on YouTube.

'We stumbled across some pranks online and we thought that we wanted to do something controversial that would get people talking.

'It has just exploded from there with a few of our videos. Now we have lawyers telling us whether we can or can't do something, so we go right up to the limit.

His younger brother Rebeen said the trio started getting paid for their videos around two months ago and that it was 'big business'.

'We are monetising through Facebook and YouTube and we get money from sponsors and brands.'

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#10 The drive by shooting prank,

which has more than 3.2million views, also shows the pranksters firing fake shots at two men standing by their parked car during the day

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#11 One of the men is seen diving for cover behind the car after hearing multiple gun shot sounds

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#12 The Jalal brothers, who are from Melbourne, then fire fake shot at three men waiting by a bus stop

#13 The three men can all be seen sprinting from the scene after hearing multiple gun shots

The trio has received at least $4,500 for their latest 'drive by shooting' prank through Facebook views alone.

And the brothers revealed that they have been approached by companies saying they are willing to pay them up to $100,000 per month.

It has recently been claimed that the trio 'faked' their prank videos with one man saying he was approached by the brothers and that there were six takes before they were 'happy.

Liam from Knoxfield told Triple M's Merrick and Australia that he believed many of the stunts were faked, or at the very least set up.

He claimed that he appeared in one bomb scare video after being approached to take part.

'They came and approached us and asked if we wanted to be on YouTube,' he told drivetime host Merrick Watts.

'We did six takes before they were happy.'

The brothers all still live at home together with father, who owns several businesses, and their mother.

Rebeen, 16, recently dropped out of Lalor Secondary College and is considering studying for a plumbing or real estate course.

'I was doing alright at school, but it wasn't really for me. I would much rather be doing the videos.'

Arman, 18, who attended Mill Park Secondary College with Max, said: 'I want to do bomb pranks for a living.'

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#14 The Jalals teamed up with up with another comedian Shammi (left) to stage the prank on his girlfriend Sarah Reay-Young (right)

The brothers also sparked outrage with a video in January which showed them running up behind a woman, tossing a garbage bag over her head and bundling her into a van.

In the video, the brothers teamed up with up with Shammi another controversial prankster who came under fire for his cruel pranks againts his girlfriend Sarah Reay-Young.

While Shammi was on a date with his girlfriend, the brothers ambushed her and staged the public kidnapping as she screamed out for help.

But the comedian has now spoken out, saying he believes the trio are becoming 'too extreme'.

'My girlfriend wasn't impressed at all, she was pretty upset at the time and I think we may have taken it a bit too far,' he told Daily Mail Australia.

'When she watched it back she felt better about it all. She didn't know anything about it before it happened, I told her we were going to get lunch.

'It was all over in about five seconds, but she wasn't impressed. Even though she's prepared for pranks, you still wouldn't think about it straight away.

'I have watched their most recently video and I think they are getting really extreme now, personally I think it's going a bit too far.'