Seven teens with alleged 'extremist ideology' arrested in Sydney raids - BBC News

Police say they belong to the same network as the 16-year-old boy who allegedly attacked a church last week.

6 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, File photo of police in SydneyBy Hannah Ritchie & Simon AtkinsonBBC News, SydneyAustralian police have arrested seven teenagers as part of a wave of counter-terrorism raids across Sydney, claiming it was "likely" the youths may have been plotting an attack.

The suspects are believed to share a "religiously motivated violent extremist ideology", say police.

The raids are linked to last week's stabbing of an Assyrian bishop, which police declared a "terrorist act".

Police say the offenders were "juveniles" aged from 15 to 17.

Investigators allege that the teenagers belong to the same network as the 16-year-old boy who has been charged with a terror offence in relation to the stabbing of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, which occurred during a livestreamed sermon.

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