Terror Police Raids Nab Seven Alleged Teen Extremists

‘We target radicalisation, not religion,’ said Federal Police Deputy Commissioner Krissy Barrett.

New South Wales police guard the perimeter of the Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Sydney's western suburb of Wakeley on April 15, 2024, after several people were stabbed in the church premises. Australian police arrested a man after several people were stabbed at a church in Sydney on April 15 and emergency services said four people were being treated for non-life threatening injuries. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP) Photo by DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images

Seven alleged members of a religiously motivated violent extremist group have been arrested after a teen’s alleged terror-inspired stabbing of an Orthodox Christian bishop.

The loosely defined group of teenagers had been closely monitored by counter-terrorism police since the April 15 stabbing in Wakeley, Sydney.