(BBC) Australian teenagers held over alleged Melbourne terror plot

Police in Australia say they have foiled an Islamic State-inspired plot to carry out an attack at a World War One centenary event.

Police arrested five teenage suspects, charging one 18-year-old with conspiring to commit a terrorist act.

The men were planning to target police at an Anzac memorial event in Melbourne next week, police said.

About 200 police officers took part in the counter-terrorism operation in the city early on Saturday.

Read it all.

print

Posted in * Culture-Watch, * Economics, Politics, * International News & Commentary, Australia / NZ, Ethics / Moral Theology, Law & Legal Issues, Religion & Culture, Teens / Youth, Terrorism, Theology, Violence