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submitted 4 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Australian police arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids across Sydney on Wednesday, as a judge extended a ban on social media platform X sharing video of a knife attack on a bishop that started the criminal investigation.

The seven, aged 15 to 17, were part of a network that included a 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing a bishop in a Sydney church on April 15, police said. 

Clips of the stabbing were taken from the church service’s livestream and subsequently made the rounds on X. An Australian regulator last week ordered the platform to take down the videos, an action the platform is fighting.

Five other teenagers were still being questioned late Wednesday by the Joint Counter-Terrorism Team, which includes federal and state police as well as the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, the nation’s main domestic spy agency, and the New South Wales Crime Commission, which specializes in extremists and organized crime.

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[-] SteefLem@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Hm… teenagers stabbed a bishop. Im sorry but i tend to go in the direction of, what did he do to those kids when they where younger? instead of some extremism. But maybe thats because, well that happens way to often with priests and such.

[-] MoonlitSanguine@lemmy.one 12 points 4 months ago

He was Muslim not Christian so most likely never went to that church, unless he converted or something. But it does sound like it was religiously motivated:

the boy had told churchgoers who restrained him, in Arabic: “If they didn’t insult my Prophet, I wouldn’t have come here.”

[-] SteefLem@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Ah yes he felt insulted. Gotta Fucking love religion. (/s)

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

No, no, must be extremists!

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