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Australian Police Arrest Two After Counterterrorism Raids Australian Police Charge Five After Counterterrorism Raids
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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 — Five people, including a 15-year-old boy, have been charged with terrorism-related offenses after arrests in Sydney on Thursday.
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 five 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 plot uncovered after the police seized documents in raids in the city between September 2014 and January 2015.
The two were arrested and charged after raids on Sydney homes Thursday, the police said. A man, 20, and the boy had been under police surveillance since then. The two were arrested and charged after raids on homes in Sydney’s southwestern suburbs early Thursday, the police said.
The boy lives with his family in suburban Sydney, and the man is from another Sydney suburb. Three other men, ages 21 and 2221, who were being held after the previous raids, were charged later on Thursday.
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 teenager 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,” Ms. 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 on 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. The teenager was shot and killed by the police.
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.