Further charges following Joint Counter Terrorism Team operation
A sixth teenager has been charged as the Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) Sydney continues to investigate the associates of a teenager charged over the alleged stabbing of a religious leader at a Wakeley church.
On Wednesday (24 April, 2024) investigators executed 13 search warrants across a number of suburbs in Sydney including Bankstown, Prestons, Casula, Lurnea, Rydalmere, Greenacre, Strathfield, Chester Hill, and Punchbowl, as well as a premises in Goulburn.
The operation involved more than 400 officers from NSW and the AFP.
Seven teenage boys were arrested. A further five people, including two men and three juvenile males, also assisted police with their inquiries.
Five teenagers, aged between 14 and 17, were charged and remain before the courts.
Today (Friday, 26 April, 2024), a 15-year-old boy in police custody was charged with conspiring to engage in any act in preparation for, or planning, a terrorist act.
He has been refused bail to appear at a children’s court tomorrow (Saturday, 27 April, 2024).
The seventh teenager was released pending further investigation.
The JCTT Sydney is comprised of members from the AFP, NSW Police Force, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) and NSW Crime Commission.
Investigations under Operation Mingary continue.
Anyone with information about extremist activity or possible threats to the community should come forward, no matter how small or insignificant you think the information may be. The National Security Hotline is 1800 123 400.