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| Police arrest five in western Sydney raids after Parramatta shooting | Police arrest five in western Sydney raids after Parramatta shooting |
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| Police raided homes and made five arrests on Wednesday morning in connection with Friday’s fatal shooting of 58-year-old Curtis Cheng. | |
| More than 200 officers were involved in the 6am operation at properties in Guildford, Wentworthville, Merrylands and Marsfield. | More than 200 officers were involved in the 6am operation at properties in Guildford, Wentworthville, Merrylands and Marsfield. |
| Those arrested included a 16-year-old and an 18-year-old from Wentworthville, a 22-year-old and 24-year-old from Merrylands, and a Marsfield man, 22. | Those arrested included a 16-year-old and an 18-year-old from Wentworthville, a 22-year-old and 24-year-old from Merrylands, and a Marsfield man, 22. |
| The men were taken to various police stations and would be questioned in relation to the killing of Cheng by 15-year-old Farhad Khalil Mohammad Jabar, police said. | The men were taken to various police stations and would be questioned in relation to the killing of Cheng by 15-year-old Farhad Khalil Mohammad Jabar, police said. |
| Men detained as part of investigation into Parramatta fatal shooting #ParramattaShooting https://t.co/ejj8pA70uW | Men detained as part of investigation into Parramatta fatal shooting #ParramattaShooting https://t.co/ejj8pA70uW |
| The arrests were made as part of a joint investigation by NSW police, the state crime command homicide squad and Australian federal police. | |
| Federal police said the arrests were not related to Tuesday’s arrest of a teenage boy at Parramatta. | |
| He was charged with assaulting and intimidating police, two counts of resisting arrest and using a carriage service to menace, harass and offend. He was from the same high school as Jabar, 15, who shot Cheng dead on Friday. | |
| The 17-year-old Arthur Phillip High School student spent most of Tuesday being questioned before he was charged over social media posts allegedly expressing his hopes that “them lil piggies get shot”, and that “merryland [sic] police station is next hope they all burn in hell”. | The 17-year-old Arthur Phillip High School student spent most of Tuesday being questioned before he was charged over social media posts allegedly expressing his hopes that “them lil piggies get shot”, and that “merryland [sic] police station is next hope they all burn in hell”. |
| The boy was granted conditional bail and investigations were continuing. He is due to appear before a children’s court on 9 November. | The boy was granted conditional bail and investigations were continuing. He is due to appear before a children’s court on 9 November. |
| Federal and state police are understood to be investigating whether Jabar’s older sister, in her 20s, has travelled to either Syria or Iraq, leaving Australia the day before the attack in western Sydney. | Federal and state police are understood to be investigating whether Jabar’s older sister, in her 20s, has travelled to either Syria or Iraq, leaving Australia the day before the attack in western Sydney. |
| On Tuesday the New South Wales premier, Mike Baird, warned that anyone who might have incited or encouraged Jabar would “face the full consequences of the law”. | |
| As students returned to the school for the start of the new term on Tuesday, some expressed disbelief and others said they were “frightened” and “shaken” by last week’s events. |