Police in NSW charged five minors following raids by the counter-terrorism squad in Sydney, uncovering a potential teen terror cell linked to the Wakeley stabbing, as part of a major operation in south-western Sydney resulting in the arrest of seven young people and the questioning of five others.
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00:00We identified links between the alleged offender and a network of associates and peers
00:06who we believe shared a similar violent extremist ideology.
00:10Their behaviour whilst under that surveillance led us to believe
00:15that if they were to commit any act we would not be able to prevent that
00:20and we believed through the investigation that it was likely that an attack might ensue.
00:27We target criminality and not countries.
00:30We target radicalisation, not religion.
00:33At this time we have no evidence of specific locations, times or targets of a violent act.