A TEENAGE Sydney terror suspect faces another day in custody without being charged after the Australian Federal Police (AFP) was granted a fresh court order.
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More than 200 officers later raided several properties, detaining four people in relation to the killing in Sydney’s Parramatta area.
Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin, meanwhile, confirmed that the threat posed by terrorism had evolved and had become younger.
“The shocking murder of Curtis Cheng, a shocking act of terrorism perpetrated by a 15-year-old boy, reminds us yet again that radicalization, extremism can be seen in the very young”, he said in opening remarks. Iranian-born Jabar was later shot dead by police.
“Unfortunately the reach of ISIL and ISIL [Islamic State] surrogates and agents in Australia is extending to younger and younger people”, Brandis said in a statement Tuesday. “This is a real home-grown threat, and it appalls all Australians and it appalls all Muslim Australians”. “And it appals all Australians, and it appals all Muslim Australians”, he said, adding that engaging with the Muslim community “is absolutely critical”.
Australia’s police chief had earlier warned that the terror threat facing the country was getting worse.
“But before police are involved, there’s many things that we can do to intervene at earlier stages and that may not involve police”, he added. “Protecting the safety of the Australian people is our most important responsibility and we will be constantly vigilant to ensure we take every approach, every angle, to ensure we achieve that”, he told reporters in Sydney on Friday.
The control order, which heavily restricts Naizmand’s movements, states that the Australian Federal Police believe Alou, Naizmand, Azari and 16 others are part of a “close knit group of men in Sydney who strongly support the ideology and activities of…”
He spoke of Mr Cheng’s dedication to his job and integrity before the “callous act of violence” in front of his workplace.
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Speaking at the national countering violent extremism meeting in Canberra today, prime minister Malcolm Turnbull said it’s time for Australians to come together as a community to fight against the evils of extremism. “Unless you have young leaders stepping outside the office and roaming the streets looking for boys like this, you are not going to find them”, says Trad. Political alienation over soaring unemployment, constant police harassment and escalating Australian involvement in the US-led wars in the Middle East and confrontations with Russian Federation and China, exists among an entire working class generation, not only Muslim teenagers.
