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| Teen Boy and 4 Others Arrested in Australia for Allegedly Planning Terror Attack on Government Building |
| 2015-12-11 |
| [PEOPLE] Australian authorities charged five people, including a 15-year-old boy, with conspiracy to plan a terrorist attack on a government building, according to multiple reports. The teen and a 20-year-old western Sydney man were tossed in the calaboose You have the right to remain silent... and charged with "conspiracy to conduct an act in preparation for a terrorist act, " on Thursday the News Agency that Dare Not be Named reports. The three other men -- one 21-year-old and two aged 22 -- were already in jug on separate terror charges, but were later charged with the additional offense. Authorities say the planned attack stemmed from a broader investigation into a now-uncovered terror plot that prompted a series of raids in December 2014, Rooters reports. Evidence seized in those raids contributed to Thursday's arrests. |
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