Matthew 24:10,11 Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
Australian officials say that five teenagers were arrested Saturday accused of plotting a terrorist attack on a Veterans’ Day ceremony.
The aim of the attack was police officers.
Australian Federal Police Acting Deputy Commissioner Neil Gaughan told reporters that two of the 18 year olds were plotting an attack on the ANZAC Day ceremony in Melbourne. Two other 18 year olds and a 19 year old were arrested. All of the arrests took place in Melbourne.
“At this stage, we have no information that it was a planned beheading. But there was reference to an attack on police,” Gaughan said. “Some evidence that we have collected at a couple of the scenes, and some other information we have, leads us to believe that this particular matter was ISIS-inspired.”
ANZAC Day is April 25th, the anniversary of the first major military action by Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during World War I.
Two of the teens had connections to Numan Haider, an 18 year old who stabbed two police officers before being shot and killed in September.
Federal Police Deputy Commissioner Michael Phelan told reporters the teens had been “on the radar” for months.
“This is a new paradigm for police,” Phelan said. “These types of attacks that are planned are very rudimentary and simple. … All you need these days is a knife, a flag and a camera and one can commit a terrorist act.”
