SYDNEY (AP) — Australian police arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids across Sydney on Wednesday to protect the community from a potential attack, officials said.
The seven, aged 15 to 17, were part of a network that included a 16-year-old boy accused of the stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church on April 15, police said.
Five other teenagers were still being questioned late Wednesday by the Joint Counter-Terrorism Team, which includes federal and state police as well as the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, the nation’s main domestic spy agency, and the New South Wales Crime Commission, which specializes in extremists and organized crime.
More than 400 police officers executed 13 search warrants at properties across southwest Sydney because the suspects were considered an immediate threat, New South Wales Police Deputy Commissioner David Hudson said.
Suns guard Grayson Allen aggravates ankle injury vs. Timberwolves. Phoenix falls into 0
Coronavirus China update: China's funeral homes overcrowded amid COVID
Hainan island: Known as 'China's Hawaii,' the vacation hotspot is also a strategic military base
VOX POPULI: Some celebrate while others ponder time and space on leap day
Minnesota State Sen. Nicole Mitchell charged with first
VOX POPULI: Our anger must never cool over ‘vital’ political fund
Judge rejects Trump free speech challenge to Georgia 2020 election case
Israeli parliament approves amended 2024 budget to fund Gaza war
Colleges seek to balance safety and students' right to protest Gaza war
VOX POPULI: China always occupied a special place in Ozawa’s heart
Erik Jones to miss Dover race because of broken lower vertebra
VOX POPULI: Celebrating the arrival of spring the same way as in ‘Tale of Genji’