Posted on 05/08/2015 12:44:19 PM PDT by PROCON
A youth sits restrained after the police raid in Greenvale. Source: Supplied
POLICE swooped and arrested a doctor’s teenage son in Melbourne before bombs were found at his Greenvale home, foiling an “imminent terror plot”.
A boy, 14, was also targeted in raids in Sydney.
It is believed there was a plot to detonate three bombs in an attack planned in Melbourne on Sunday.
Victorian bomb squad officers found improvised explosives at a home in Greenvale in the northern suburbs.
Dramatic photos obtained by the Herald Sun showed the arrested teen handcuffed and sitting under police guard.
Police ran controlled detonations at a reserve near the raided Clare Blvd home — the two explosives sounding like a “muffled gunshot”.
A 300m exclusion zone was put in place and neighbours were escorted to and from their homes while others were locked out.
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The "Youth"
"The youth is believed to have been visiting a mosque with his mother before the raid."
Yoots sure have a lot more facial hair than when I was a teen.
Apparently the youth had just been to the local Amish house of worship, I mean Mosque, before he was arrested.
Such a nice boy.
world’s apart ... please stay a lert!
He used to cut my grass, he was a very nice boy.
...but now I want him fed feet first into a woodchipper.
Couldn't have been much of an explosive. In the old days in my neighborhood, kids were making stuff that shook the ground and made you jump at the sound. Of course, back then kids were blowing up toys and gopher holes and not out to "get" anyone.
...the Old Days,,,
how could it have gone so Wrong?
I mean you could mow a few yards,sell some lemon-aide or Christmas cards.
Go by a bike or that .22 and the folks told you to “get lost” or play in traffic and You did that.
Gimmedats is All it is now with attention spans of a Squirrel
ns of a Squirrel unless
Yup. Things have changed dramatically, and young people have no idea. It wasn't unusual for me to find .22 cartridges at the curb, and take them home as souvenirs. My daughters had .38 cartridges on their keyrings when they went to school. Kids wore holsters with toy guns everywhere they went, and people just smiled at them. Kids were setting off explosives everywhere, in and out of their front yards. And that didn't trigger a mass response by cops. So much fear out there now, and young people don't realize how things are different for the worse now.
I’m thinking that it was a whole different mindset. You could dream and then go Work to fulfill That Dream
Building a tree house ,an underground Fort or create a puppet show..
Now it’s living In a Dream.
Hobbits,green Aliens and Zombies .
What is Real ?
What is Illusion?
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