A 42-year-old Australian-born citizen has been arrested in a terror raid in rural NSW.
The electrician stands accused of intending to provide ISIL with the “hi-tech capability” to develop missiles terrorist group.
AFP today searched an isolated building north of Young, a small rural town in the South West Slopes region of the state.
The accusations against the man include designing a laser warning device to help warn against incoming munitions used by coalition forces in Syria and Iraq and designing systems to aid the terrorist group’s efforts to develop their own missiles.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull held a press conference about the raid and arrest today.
“Police will allege that the man arrested has sought to advise ISIL on how to develop hi-tech weapons capability this highlights that terrorism, support for terrorists groups and Islamism extremism is not limited to our major cities,” Mr Turnbull said.
“The evidence uncovered to date does not involved immediate domestic attack planning but it is yet another reminder of the enduring threat we face from Islamist terrorism.”
“It once again shows that we all need to be very vigilant, and this is yet another example of the excellent work the men and women of the Australian Federal Police and all our security agencies are doing in identifying and disrupting alleged assistance to ISIL.”
9 News were outside court in Young where the accused’s family lashed out.
The man is said to have been living in the small town for “a while”.
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