Two teenagers from country NSW have been charged after allegedly possessing violent extremist material.
The boys, aged 15 and 16, from Moree in northern NSW, were charged after police found a ballistic-style vest, notebooks and disturbing literature allegedly connected with terrorism at one of the boy’s homes.
Police also received information that a teenager was allegedly accessing extremist material online.
The state’s joint counterterrorism team is investigating following a forensic examination of items found.
During a search last Friday, police also seized a mobile phone, and a 15-year-old boy was charged and remains before the courts.
He was charged on Thursday morning with knowingly collecting and making documents connected with terrorism, and using a carriage service to transmit violent extremist material.
The 16-year-old was charged with using a carriage service to possess violent extremist material after he was arrested on Thursday.
Both have been refused bail, and will appear before Parramatta Children’s Court on Friday.
Police have charged two teenagers with allegedly possessing violent extremist material
Police received information a teenager was allegedly accessing extremist material online
It comes one week after two other teenage boys were charged with a string of terrorism charges over separate incidents, including one involving the alleged importation of an ISIS flag.
Police charged a 17-year-old boy on March 24, with allegedly collecting manuals, guides and material promoting ISIS-inspired terrorism.
An investigation was sparked after intelligence indicated an ISIS flag, destined for an inner-city Melbourne address, was imported into Australia.
A mobile phone and laptop were among items seized from the Melbourne home in a raid by counter-terrorism detectives.
Another teenager was also charged with terrorism offences after he allegedly posted threats of extremist violence online.
Police initially arrested and charged a 16-year-old boy with weapons offences in December after the NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team received reports of someone making violent threats online, federal police said.
During a search of the boy’s inner-west Sydney home, police allegedly found a flick knife and a gel blaster, charging him with possessing an unauthorised pistol and a prohibited weapon.
A number of electronic devices were also seized.
A review of the devices allegedly uncovered violent extremist material and documents containing information that could help carry out a terror attack.
