Sydney, April 25 -- Australian police announced on Thursday that five juveniles have been charged, with a joint counter-terrorism force continuing to investigate the associates of the alleged offender who conducted the stabbing at a Sydney church.
At about 11:15 a.m. local time on Wednesday, investigators executed 13 search warrants across several suburbs in Sydney's southwest, including Bankstown, Prestons, Casula, Lurnea, Rydalmere, Greenacre, Strathfield, Chester Hill, and Punchbowl, as well as a property in Goulburn.
With more than 400 police officers involved, the operation concluded with the arrest of seven juvenile males. A further five people, including two men and three male teenagers, assisted police with their inquiries.
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