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Australian Federal Police arrest suspected Islamic State supporter

Xinhua, February 28, 2017 Adjust font size:

The Australian Federal Police raided a property in the New South Wales town of Young on Tuesday, to arrest a man accused of having links to the Islamic State (IS).

The raids were conducted as part of a joint 18-month investigation by the Australian Federal Police and New South Wales Police, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull stressing the arrest is not indicative of a current terror threat.

"Police will allege that this individual, in a regional centre, acted with intent to provide ISIL with the ... technical capability, and high-tech capability, to detect and develop missiles," Turnbull said.

"This highlights that terrorism, support for terrorist groups, and Islamist extremism is not limited to our major cities."

The Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police, Andrew Colvin, said the 42-year-old man had allegedly "utilised the internet" to assist IS, and designed a laser warning device to warn IS terrorists when laser-guided missiles were going to be used against them in Syria and Iraq.

"Secondly, we will also allege that he has been researching, designing and modelling systems to assist ISIL's efforts to develop their own long-range guided missile capabilities," Colvin said.

The man is set to appear in Young Local Court Tuesday, where he will be formally charged with terrorism offences. Endit