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Police will allege the 19-year-old attempted to engage in a terrorist act.
Police say they suspect two incidents that occurred earlier in the year â a fire lit on February 18 in bushland outside of Melbourne and a public assault on a person in metropolitan Melbourne on March 10 â could have been motivated by religious extremism.
Victoria Police Counter Terrorism Command Assistant Commissioner Michael Hermans said investigators believed the risk posed by the three individuals had been increasing, prompting police to carry out the raids under Operation Loon Beek.
âWe saw a risk profile that was increasing, and we took action,â Mr Hermans said.
Three arrested in Melbourne counter-terrorism raids as police warn of youth radicalisation online
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Police say they are alarmed by a growing phenomenon of young people getting radicalised online, after arresting two men and a 16-year-old boy in a counter-terrorism investigation in Melbourne s north.
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Two men aged 19 and 20 are in custody and could face terrorism charges
The AFP says the coronavirus pandemic has worsened online radicalisation of young people