{"id":563017,"date":"2026-03-25T09:22:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T09:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/563017\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T09:22:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T09:22:18","slug":"melbourne-teen-arrested-with-isis-flag-and-terrorist-manuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/563017\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne teen arrested with ISIS flag and terrorist manuals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A 17-year-old boy has been charged with collecting terrorist manuals, guides and ISIS propaganda in Melbourne.<\/p>\n

A joint taskforce of police and intelligence officers began investigating the boy after they detected an Islamic State flag was allegedly ordered to his property in the inner-city, with Victoria Police executing a search warrant at the address on Tuesday, seizing a mobile phone and laptop.<\/p>\n

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The boy was charged with one count of collecting or making documents that facilitate a terrorist act and one count of importing a prohibited object \u2013 an Islamic State flag.<\/p>\n

The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared before a children\u2019s court and was remanded to appear again at a later date. The charge for collecting or making such documents carries a maximum penalty of 15 years imprisonment.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere is no currently identified threat to community safety,\u201d a Victoria Police spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, a 16-year-old Sydney boy faced court<\/a> in NSW for allegedly downloading extremist manuals and plotting a terror attack.<\/p>\n

The court heard he downloaded a terror guide and a kill guide from an extremist group known to radicalise young people and began planning a violent attack.<\/p>\n

The Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation\u2019s current terrorism threat level is probable, meaning it believes there is a greater than 50 per cent chance on an onshore attack or attack planning in the next 12 months.<\/p>\n

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