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Second Melbourne man charged over Anzac Day terror plot

Xinhua, April 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

A second man has been charged in relation to a terrorism plot which planned to target the April 25 Anzac Day ceremonies in Melbourne on Tuesday.

Victoria Police said the man, 18, was initially released after being taken into custody following a counterterrorism raid in Melbourne's suburbs on Saturday.

Police removed the man's Preventative Detention Order overnight but he was quickly re-arrested on Tuesday morning.

The man, from the eastern suburb of Hampton Park, has been charged with "conspiracy to commit acts done in preparation for, or planning, terrorist acts" and will appear in the Melbourne Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

Another man arrested in the raids, Sevdet Besim, also 18, has already been charged and has been held in custody, without the option of bail, since Saturday.

They are two of five men initially detained after the operation; three others were released after police questioning over the weekend -- one on bail after he was arrested on weapons charges.

The arrest came after a senior security official with knowledge of the police operation revealed details of the plot to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's 7:30 report television program on Monday night.

The men planned to run over a police officer, before killing them with a knife and stealing the officer's gun to go on a " shooting rampage".

The men are thought to have been recruited online by senior Islamic State (IS) recruiters, notably Australian man Neil Prakash, 23, who traveled to Syria in 2013.

Terrorism experts believe IS is recruiting younger potential terrorists as they are highly impressionable and are adept at using the internet and social media to interact.

Meanwhile, police in the United Kingdom arrested a boy, 14, on suspicion of him being connected to the Anzac Day plot on Monday, UK time.

Greater Manchester police said that the boy was being held "on suspicion of being concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism."

He remained in custody on Tuesday. Endi