SYDNEY, Nov 8: Australian police on Tuesday arrested 17 people, including a Muslim cleric and a man they said wanted to become a suicide bomber, on charges of planning terrorist attacks as part of a “violent jihad in Australia”. One of the arrested men was in critical condition in hospital after being shot by police when he opened fire during early morning raids in Sydney and Melbourne. Police seized chemicals, firearms, computers, backpacks and travel documents in the raids.—Reuters