TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search results
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search resultsAustralian teen pleads not guilty to plotting terror attack
Change text size
Gift Premium Articles
to Anyone
Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed!
Members of the armed forces march in the annual Australia and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) parade in Sydney, Australia, Monday, April 25, 2016. A teenager was charged with plotting a terrorist attack on an Australian Veteran's Day ceremony, police said Monday, the second year in a row authorities say they have thwarted an attack linked to the national holiday. (AP/Rob Griffith)
A teenager pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to plotting a terrorist attack on an Australian Veteran's Day ceremony.
The 16-year-old's lawyer, Zemarai Khatiz, entered the plea on his client's behalf. The teen, who did not appear at the hearing in Parramatta Children's Court in western Sydney, could face a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted.
The teenager was arrested and charged with one count of planning a terrorist attack on Sunday, one day before hundreds of thousands of Australians gathered at ceremonies across the country to mark ANZAC Day. The annual holiday commemorates the April 25, 1915, Gallipoli landings in Turkey — the first major military action fought by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during World War I.
In court documents, police accuse the teen of trying to get a gun as part of the alleged plot. New South Wales Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione said officials believe the teen was acting alone and said he had previously been on authorities' radar. Police have declined to reveal any other details.
This is the second year in a row that police say they have thwarted an attack on an ANZAC Day ceremony. Last year, police in Melbourne arrested five teenagers on suspicion of plotting an Islamic State group-inspired attack intended to coincide with the city's ANZAC service.
