Seven youngsters have been arrested by Australian police for allegedly belonging to a community that pursues a “violent extremist ideology”.
It follows an assault on an Assyrian bishop whereas he was live-streaming a sermon in Sydney final week. Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was injured together with three others within the assault on the Church of the Good Shepherd.
After riots broke out after the assault, he publicly forgave his attacker and referred to as for peace.
A 16-year-old boy was arrested in reference to the stabbing and is believed to be a part of the identical ring, police stated. Final Friday, he was accused of committing a terrorist act and faces a life sentence.
The seven arrested throughout Wednesday's raids in Sydney are aged between 15 and 17.
New South Wales Police Deputy Commissioner David Hudson stated the suspects have been thought of a direct risk, though Australian Federal Police Deputy Commissioner Krissy Barrett stated there was no proof of particular targets or timing of an meant “act of violence”, the AP reviews.
“We’ll argue that these people adhered to a religiously motivated, violent extremist ideology,” Hudson informed reporters.
“It has been thought of that the group… pose an unacceptable threat and risk to the individuals of New South Wales and our present purely investigative methods can’t adequately guarantee public security.”
X, previously Twitter, is difficult a court docket order to take away livestream clips displaying the bishop being assaulted.
