Australian Boy, 16, arrested over 'Anzac Day terror plot' was in De-radicalization program. (
Smh).
The 16-year-old boy arrested in Sydney on
terrorism charges on Sunday afternoon is alleged by police to have
chatted about obtaining a gun for use in a terrorist attack. Vision
courtesy Ten News.
A 16-year-old boy arrested over an alleged Anzac Day terrorism plot
had been in a government-run deradicalisation program for about a year.
The
boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, chose not to appear in
Parramatta Children's Court on Tuesday for a brief mention two days
after his arrest.
His lawyer, Zemarai Khatiz, entered a not guilty
plea to one charge of doing an act in preparation or planning for a
terrorist act, an offence that carries a maximum sentence of life in
prison.
The boy was arrested near his Auburn home Sunday afternoon,
just hours after police allegedly intercepted an online chat he was having with a man overseas in which he mentioned trying to obtain a firearm and targeting an Anzac Day event on Monday.
He was not considered a "prime target" for counter-terrorism officers but had been on their radar for about a year.
The boy was arrested near his Auburn home Sunday afternoon,
just hours after police allegedly intercepted an online chat he was having with a man overseas in which he mentioned trying to obtain a firearm and targeting an Anzac Day event on Monday.
The boy came to the attention of police in May last year after he was
intercepted talking online to
Neil Prakash, a former Melbourne man who
had risen to become a key Islamic State figure.
Prakash, who has
been involved in several foiled terror plots, was reportedly trying to
encourage the teen to launch a Sydney attack to co-ordinate with a
Melbourne bombing. Read the full story
here.
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