An 18-yr-previous arrested for allegedly plotting a terrorist assault in Sydney left a highschool final yr after being investigated for allegedly preaching extremism within the playground.
Teen terror arrest
An 18-yr-previous from Macquarie Park has been arrested for allegedly planning a terrorist assault in Sydney. Imaginative and prescient: ABC News24
Tamim Khaja was arrested at his Macquarie Park house on Tuesday morning by counter-terrorism police.
Will probably be alleged that Mr Khaja had tried to go away the nation 3 times to hitch Islamic State prior to now three years.
Most just lately, he was stopped at Sydney Airport in February making an attempt to fly to Syria however his passport was cancelled.
The 18-yr-previous then allegedly started planning an assault on residence soil — making an attempt to accumulate a gun and scouting websites in Sydney — when he was arrested.
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It is alleged Mr Khaja is shut with imprisoned extremist Milad bin Ahmad-Shah al-Ahmadzai and his brother, Maywand Osman, who can also be in custody on terrorism offences.
Mr Khaja left Epping Boys Excessive Faculty final yr following allegations he was making an attempt to affect his classmates to undertake his extremist views. He was in Yr 12 on the time.
The incident prompted the NSW authorities to conduct a state-large audit of scholar prayer teams in faculties.
The audit of lunchtime prayer teams uncovered failings by some faculties to comply with departmental tips requiring them to hunt parental permission.
The audit additionally appeared to be again firing in some faculties with college students being inspired to conduct their very own unregulated playground prayer teams to keep away from the brand new degree of presidency scrutiny.