Five teenagers charged with terrorism offences after police raids across Sydney

AFP deputy commissioner Krissy Barrett said five teenagers were charged with terrorism offences, but police did not believe there was evidence of a planned attack. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

Five of the seven teenagers arrested as part of counter-terrorism raids in Sydney have been charged with a range of terrorism offences.

Two boys, aged 17 and 14, were charged at Parramatta children’s court on Thursday with possessing or controlling violent extremist material, and two 16-year-old boys were charged with conspiring to engage in an act in preparation for, or planning, a terrorist act.