2017-07-29t105812z_422968351_rc17c19cd4e0_rtrmadp_3_australia-security-raids.jpg Raids were carried out in four suburbs in Sydney. Photo: ReutersAustralian counter-terrorism police arrested four people in raids late on Saturday across several Sydney suburbs aimed at disrupting plans for "terrorist attacks". "These operations are designed to disrupt and prevent plans to undertake terrorist attacks in Australia," Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said. Australian Federal Police said the raids by the Joint Counter Terrorism Team in four suburbs in different parts of the city "relate to an ongoing investigation." About 100 people have left Australia for Syria to fight alongside organisations such as Islamic State, Australia's immigration minister said last month.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 29, 2017 21:22 UTC