‘Unacceptable risk to the people’: Teens arrested in counter-terror raids

April 24, 2024 , , , and   

(Sydney Morning Herald) Seven teenage boys allegedly belonging to a terror cell have been arrested in police raids across Sydney as part of a major counter-terrorism investigation launched after the stabbing of a Christian bishop last week.

A further five people, including two men and three other teenage boys, are being questioned by a joint counter-terrorism squad.

Police made the arrests as part of an investigation that was launched after the stabbing of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel at Christ The Good Shepherd Church, Wakeley, last Monday. A 16-year-old boy was charged with terrorism offences.

In the days after the stabbing, officers from ASIO, Australian Federal Police, NSW Police and the NSW Crime Commission started looking into the teenager’s associates.

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