According to a police statement released on Thursday, officers arrested two 16-year-old boys in Sydney due to suspicious acts of terror. The authorities also charged the teenagers as being part of the Islamic State terrorist group. Two knives were found during the incident.
The teenagers declined the bail charges and will stand before the Parramatta Children’s Court in Sydney later the same day.
Catherine Burn, the acting New South Wales Police Commissioner said, “The fact we are putting two teenagers before the court on such serious charges reflects the ongoing threat we face. Fortunately, the excellent cooperation between State and Federal agencies has prevented a very disturbing crime,”
It is the latest terrorism-related incident in Australia.
Increased incidents of terrorist activity
In September, police arrested a 22-year-old for committing a terrorist act and attempted murder. The suspect stabbed a man walking through a nature reserve “a number of times.”
Earlier this year, New South Wales police arrested a 16-year-old boy in Sydney. Authorities suspect him of plotting a terror attack on an Anzac Day ceremony.
In 2014, self-styled cleric Haron Monis held several people hostage at a Sydney coffee shop, ultimately killing two of them.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott described Monis as “a deeply disturbed individual (with) a long history of crime, a long history of mental instability and infatuation with extremism,” adding that he “sought to cloak his actions with the symbolism of the (ISIS) death cult.”
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