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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter

Indigenous teenager tells commission of ‘horrific’ abuse by police during Anzac Day counter-terrorism raids

Eathan Cruse
Eathan Cruse says the abuse he suffered during a police counter-terrorism raid ‘left a big impact on my life’. Photograph: David Crosling/AAP

Victoria’s Indigenous truth telling commission has heard “horrific” details about a police counter-terrorism raid that resulted in the alleged assault of multiple members of the same family.

The Cruse family had their house in Melbourne’s south-east raided in 2015 as part of the Operation Rising counter-terrorism investigation, which targeted teenager Eathan Cruse and two of his friends.

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