Overview
- A second Top End teenager was arrested and charged with making or collecting documents likely to facilitate terrorist acts and is due before the NT Youth Justice Court on Wednesday.
- Police executed a search warrant at a Darwin home and seized clothing, documents, electronic devices and both controlled and prohibited weapons for forensic examination.
- Investigators say the seized material shows a mixed ideological motivation and includes alleged glorification of mass-casualty attacks at schools.
- The probe is being run by a Joint Counter Terrorism Team made up of the Australian Federal Police, Northern Territory Police and ASIO, and officials warned social media can funnel young people to violent, racist or misogynist content.
- One earlier arrest in the same inquiry involved alleged possession of schematics for 3D-printed guns and related charges can carry penalties of about 10 to 20 years; investigators have urged community reporting and preventive support as the inquiry continues.