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As part of an ongoing counter-terrorism investigation, five teenagers were arrested and charged in coordinated raids conducted in Sydney yesterday. The arrests were the result of a joint operation involving multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the New South Wales Police Force. The individuals, ranging in age from 15 to 17, were allegedly planning to carry out a terrorist attack and were found to be in possession of extremist material. The arrests underscore the ongoing threat of terrorism and the importance of vigilant efforts to prevent such acts of violence.

In a major counter-terrorism operation, Australian authorities have arrested seven teenagers with alleged links to a 16-year-old boy charged with a religiously-motivated terror attack on Assyrian Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel. Five additional individuals are also being questioned. The teens, who are believed to adhere to a violent extremist ideology, were detained based on their perceived threat to society. This operation, involving over 400 personnel, sought to mitigate potential risks of further harm. The Joint Counter Terrorism Team, comprising state and federal police, conducted 13 raids in Sydney and Goulburn, seizing significant electronic material.

Australian police arrested seven teenagers as part of a wave of anti-terror raids on Wednesday following the non-fatal stabbing of an Assyrian bishop last week. The network may have been plotting an attack and posed an “unacceptable risk” to the public, according to top officers. The offenders, all juveniles aged from 15 to 17, were part of a “wider network of associates and peers” sharing a “similar violent extremist ideology,” police said. Although police believed an attack was possible, they had so far failed to turn up any evidence “of specific locations, times or targets.”

Over a week after a bishop was stabbed during a live-streamed church sermon, counter-terrorism police have conducted raids on multiple Sydney properties. The Joint Counter Terrorism Team is leading the ongoing investigation, with no current threat to public safety or connection to Anzac Day commemorations. More details on the raids will be released later today. The counter-terrorism squad comprises state and federal police, as well as ASIO and NSW Crime Commission officials. The raids follow the arrest of a 16-year-old on terrorism charges in connection with the attack at Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley on April 15th. The stabbing, believed to be religiously motivated, injured Assyrian bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel and priest Isaac Royel before the attacker was apprehended. Arrests have also been made in connection with riots that erupted outside the church following the incident.

Counter-terrorism police executed search warrants in Sydney on Wednesday as part of an ongoing investigation into the stabbing of a religious leader in a Wakeley church last week. The raids are believed to be connected to the alleged attack during a livestreamed service at Christ the Good Shepherd Church, in which a 16-year-old boy was charged with a Commonwealth terrorism offense. No current threat to public safety exists, and the investigation remains ongoing.