(ABC-Australia) A 14-year-old boy trying to secure bail over terrorism-related charges appeared before the same court a fortnight earlier on gun possession charges.
He was the youngest of five juveniles taken into custody on Wednesday, as a joint counterterrorism team investigated what they labelled a “network” of people sharing a “similar violent extremist ideology,” following a “terror act” at a western Sydney church last week.
The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared before the Children’s Court in Parramatta on Thursday charged with possessing or controlling extremist material, with the prosecution alleging his mobile phone contained videos of beheadings produced by the Islamic State.
(Date based on Australia time)
