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| SYDNEY, Australia — A 15-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man were arrested and charged with terrorism-related offenses on Thursday in Sydney, and three other suspects are being questioned, police officials said at a news conference here. | SYDNEY, Australia — A 15-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man were arrested and charged with terrorism-related offenses on Thursday in Sydney, and three other suspects are being questioned, police officials said at a news conference here. |
| The two suspects who were arrested were planning to carry out a terrorist attack in Sydney, possibly aimed at the Australian Federal Police Headquarters, said Deputy Commissioner Michael Phelan of the federal police, a force whose duties include counterterrorism operations. | The two suspects who were arrested were planning to carry out a terrorist attack in Sydney, possibly aimed at the Australian Federal Police Headquarters, said Deputy Commissioner Michael Phelan of the federal police, a force whose duties include counterterrorism operations. |
| The police did not provide further details, but they said the charges were linked to a previous plot uncovered after the police seized documents in raids carried out last December in the city. The man and the boy had been under police surveillance since then. | The police did not provide further details, but they said the charges were linked to a previous plot uncovered after the police seized documents in raids carried out last December in the city. The man and the boy had been under police surveillance since then. |
| The two were arrested and charged after raids on Sydney homes Thursday, the police said. | The two were arrested and charged after raids on Sydney homes Thursday, the police said. |
| The boy lives with his family in suburban Sydney, and the man is from another Sydney suburb. | The boy lives with his family in suburban Sydney, and the man is from another Sydney suburb. |
| The three other men who were being questioned on Thursday morning about this latest case were already in custody after being detained late last year in police raids. | The three other men who were being questioned on Thursday morning about this latest case were already in custody after being detained late last year in police raids. |
| Catherine Burn, deputy commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force, said it was disturbing that a schoolboy had been arrested. The police said he was 14 when he first came to their notice. “To be putting a 15-year-old before the courts on very serious charges that carry a maximum penalty of life imprisonment demonstrates the difficulties law enforcement face,” Deputy Commissioner Burn said. | Catherine Burn, deputy commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force, said it was disturbing that a schoolboy had been arrested. The police said he was 14 when he first came to their notice. “To be putting a 15-year-old before the courts on very serious charges that carry a maximum penalty of life imprisonment demonstrates the difficulties law enforcement face,” Deputy Commissioner Burn said. |
| She said the two suspects charged Thursday had links to a 15-year-old boy, Farhad Jabar, who shot and killed a police accountant, Curtis Cheng, in October in Parramatta, west of Sydney. | She said the two suspects charged Thursday had links to a 15-year-old boy, Farhad Jabar, who shot and killed a police accountant, Curtis Cheng, in October in Parramatta, west of Sydney. |