Sydney teen wanted ‘something catastrophic’ for Jews and Assyrians, court told

May 2, 2024   

(Sydney Morning Herald) A 15-year-old Sydney boy accused of plotting a terror attack has been refused bail for allegedly making explicit threats of wanting “to do something catastrophic” to Jewish or Assyrian people.

Police allege the teenager is an associate of the 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel during a live-streamed service at Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley on April 15.

The 15-year-old boy was charged on Friday with conspiring to prepare or plan a terrorist act after the Joint Counter-Terrorism Team raided properties across Sydney on April 24.

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