A series of counter-terrorism raids were conducted across Sydney following a stabbing incident at an Assyrian Orthodox church in Wakeley last week. The NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team executed 13 search warrants, resulting in the arrest of seven individuals, with an additional five people assisting with police inquiries. The operation is a response to what is being treated as a terror act involving the stabbing of a church bishop. The head of ASIO warned that there is a 50 percent chance of a terrorist attack in Australia within the next year.
The head of ASIO has explained there is a 50 per cent chance a terrorist attack could be planned or conducted in Australia within the next 12 months, as counter terrorism raids conducted across Sydney on Wednesday in relation to last weekβs Wakeley church stabbing.β¦
Sydney terror raids underway after Wakeley church stabbing https://t.co/3uygS3pbjE @dailytelegraph
Detectives and secret service agents investigating the stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church executed search warrants in the city as part of a major operation, officials said. https://t.co/kV3decDEyu
#Breaking #AFP and @nswpolice execute search warrants at multiple locations across Sydney. 7 people arrested ... further 5 are assisting police with enquiries. Latest details coming up in @10NewsFirst
#BREAKING: Seven people have been arrested after the Joint Counter-Terrorism Team conducted 13 raids across Sydney this morning. #9News READ MORE: https://t.co/tWr6icBTcK https://t.co/ygRU9f3iDZ
#Breaking @AFP and @nswpolice executed search warrants at multiple locations across Sydney. 7 people arrested ... further 5 are assisting police with enquiries. Latest details @10NewsFirst
#Breaking @AFP and @nswpolice executed search warrants at multiple locations across Sydney. 7 people arrested ... further 5 are assisting police with enqiries. Latest details @10NewsFirst
5 new arrests in #terror raids across Sydney. Happening right now. Details @10NewsFirst
Major anti-terror raids are underway across Sydney. DETAILS: https://t.co/MC3c1Rq6HT https://t.co/kpDkFJ5hsx
Counter-terror raids launched in Sydney as part of investigation into Wakeley church stabbing https://t.co/oO6QFvwkMe
Officers from the NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team have been executing search warrants in Sydney as the fallout continues from the stabbing of a church bishop. https://t.co/AzNXCC5JlE
Joint counter-terrorism police execute search warrants in Sydney https://t.co/WqfO7OHp6Q
#BREAKING: A counter-terrorism team is executing search warrants in Sydney in the wake of a terror act that shocked the city last week. https://t.co/PyRxCY21Qa
#BREAKING: The joint counter-terrorism team is carrying out raids in Sydney as part of the ongoing investigation into last week's stabbing attack at an Assyrian Orthodox church in city's south-west. https://t.co/ZqGmgdbhnT
Police have began an anti-terrorism operation across Sydney in relation to an alleged church stabbing that took place in Wakeley last week. https://t.co/TaFLaO2wys