Sign up for the Breaking News Australia email<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cThere was a threat to the school, and particularly our young people at that school,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Hindmarsh said the boy was not seeking to further any \u201cideological cause\u201d and his devices were still being reviewed. His motivation is \u201cone of our key lines of inquiry,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s too early to say if there was an ideological, religious or political motivation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hindmarsh said police were investigating whether the boy was radicalised online.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s part of our ongoing investigation as we analyse the devices,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The boy has been charged with preparation or planning to cause death or grievous bodily harm and possessing or controlling violent extremist material obtained or accessed using a carriage of service.<\/p>\n
The boy is also accused of attempting to enter premises with intent, going armed so as to cause fear, making threats and possessing a thing intended for use in connection with an offence.<\/p>\n
He allegedly committed the latter offences at a business on Saltwater Creek Road, at about 9am on Thursday armed with a large knife.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe actions of the youth on that day did involve a threat to a local school,\u201d Hindmarsh said.<\/p>\n
He said there was no ongoing threat to the community and support would be provided for the school community and the young alleged offender.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for the education department said guidance officer support was available for any students who may require it.<\/p>\n
He was refused bail at Maryborough children\u2019s court on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queensland counter-terrorism police have charged a 13-year-old with planning an attack on a regional school north of Brisbane.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-708448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}