1 week Ago By Duncan Evans
A teenager has been arrested for allegedly defacing property with a Nazi symbol. NSW Police arrested the 15-year-old boy on Tuesday at Gymea, south of Sydney, and charged him with destroy or damage property and knowingly display by public act Nazi symbol without excuse. “Just after 5.
30pm on Tuesday officers attached to Sutherland Shire Police Area Command commenced an investigation after reports offensive graffiti was seen on driveways, gutters and trees in the Gymea area,” the police said. “Police were told a male teenager was allegedly seen marking property along Forest Road in Gymea. “Following inquiries, police arrested a 15-year-old boy, who was taken to Sutherland Police Station.
” The boy has been refused bail and is expected to appear before a Children’s Court on Wednesday. The incident occurred as Australia’s general terror threat level is raised from “possible” to “probable”. A probable level means there is a greater than 50 per cent chance of an onshore attack or attack planning in the next 12 months, ASIO says.
“More Australians are being radicalised and radicalised more quickly,” ASIO boss Mike Burgess said in an address to the National Press Club in August. “More Australians are embracing a more diverse range of extreme ideologies and more Australians are willing to use violence to advance their cause.” Mr Burgess also warned there had been a “resurgence” in the number of minors embracing extremist ideas.
“Extremist ideologies, conspiracies and misinformation are flourishing in the online ecosystem and young Australians are particularly vulnerable,” he said.
