Victorian schoolboy with Islamic State ‘fixation’ charged with terror offences

(ABC-Australia) A Victorian schoolboy who had a “fixation” with the so-called Islamic State and allegedly threatened to hurt female students at his school has been charged with terror offences.

The 14-year-old, who cannot be named, was arrested early last month.

He was allegedly found with handwritten notes which referred to blowing up his school and shooting his teachers.

He has been charged with two offences including being a member of a terrorist organisation and advocating terrorism.

The boy was initially granted bail in a Children’s Court, a decision which was upheld by the Supreme Court after prosecutors failed to convince a Supreme Court judge that he would be an unacceptable risk if he was released into the community.

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