Factbox on Vic terror raids

AAP General News (Australia)
08-04-2009
Factbox on Vic terror raids

Facts about Tuesday's police raids to foil alleged terror plot:

Name of operation: Operation Neath

Length of operation: Seven months of surveillance

Search warrants: 19

Number of arrests so far:4

Number of police involved: 400 from AFP, Victoria Police and NSW Police.

Locations of raids: Carlton, Glenroy, Meadow Heights, Roxburgh Park, Broadmeadows,
Westmeadows, Preston and Epping in Melbourne's north; Colac in south-western Victoria.

What's alleged: Police will allege the men were planning a suicide terrorist attack
on a defence base, believed to be Holsworthy Barracks in Sydney's west.

What else: The investigation also uncovered links to a north African terrorist group, al-Shabaab.

Police said they will allege the suspected terrorist cell was involved in supporting
the Islamic insurgency in Somalia.

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