“We will allege that these individuals adhered to an (Islamic) religiously motivated, violent extremist ideology,” New South Wales Police Deputy Commissioner David Hudson Hudson told reporters.
NY Post (h/t Nita) More than 400 police officers executed 13 search warrants at properties across southwest Sydney because the suspects were considered an immediate threat. The seven, aged 15 to 17, were part of a terror network that included a 16-year-old boy accused of the stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church on April 15, police said.
Sydney Bishop Stabber Is a Radical Muslim
Five other Muslim teenagers were still being questioned late Wednesday by the Joint Counter-Terrorism Team, which includes federal and state police as well as the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, the nation’s main domestic spy agency, and the New South Wales Crime Commission, which specializes in extremists and organized crime.
While police do not specifically identify the suspects as Muslim, the below video highlights several of the suspects involved in the rioting that took place after the stabbing, and they all appear to be Muslims.
NSW Police release images of 12 suspects in riot outside Wakeley church ABC News
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“It was considered that the group … posed an unacceptable risk and threat to the people of New South Wales, and our current purely investigative strategies could not adequately ensure public safety,” Hudson added.
Australian Federal Police Deputy Commissioner Krissy Barrett said investigators found no evidence of specific targets or timing of an intended “violent act.” She said the police operation was not linked to Anzac Day on Thursday, a public holiday when Australians remember their war dead.
A 16-year-old Muslim was charged on Friday with committing a terrorist act, a crime that carries a maximum penalty of life in prison, following the knife attack in which an Assyrian Orthodox bishop and priest were injured.
An Australian Federal Court judge on Wednesday extended an order banning social media platform X from showing videos of the bishop being repeatedly stabbed. X, formerly called Twitter, announced last week it would fight in court Australian orders to take down posts relating to the attack.
Australia’s eSafety Commission, which describes itself as the world’s first government agency dedicated to keeping people safer online, applied to the court for the temporary global ban.
The teen allegedly spoke in Arabic about the Prophet Muhammad being insulted after he stabbed Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel and the Rev. Isaac Royel in the Christ the Good Shepherd Church as a service was being streamed online.
ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess confirmed that his organization was involved in Wednesday’s operation. He said investigations of minors had peaked at 50% of ASIO’s “priority counterterrorism case load” a few years ago. But the number of minors under investigation was rising again for reasons including social media content, Burgess said.
Sassy says
CALGARY: https://x.com/KLaw95490887/status/1783676342791532568
BareNakedIslam says
Every Muslim backyard becomes a halal slaughterhouse on Muslim holidays.
Wazzup says
I bet Labor will grant them a nice stay at our expense in a minimum security prison, with nice halal meals and heaps of together time for prayers
BareNakedIslam says
Bring back Tony Abbott!
Ozgaza says
Remember the Ginger Jihadi who was a 17 year old Halal butcher in Bankstown…well these Muslim scum are the next generation from the same area….Ginger figured in a big ISIS video calling for the death of all western leaders and the black flag would fly over all cities….Thankfully he and his mates were all blown to bits…His mother and Father said he was a good boy…LOL
BareNakedIslam says
Yes, I do remember.
Ray Jarman says
I want to know what the heck is it going to take for the western world to wake up to what is right in front of them? In America, there are terrorist rioters on campuses and in the streets with their minion like sympathizers, in Europe there are terrorist rioters burning down sections of cities and European children being beaten up for not being members of the demonic cult and now in Australia where an attack on a priest occurs. One could go on and on but those in power seem oblivious to the danger surrounding them.