Police confirm Sydney shooting terror related, gunman 15-year-old boy +Yahoo!7: Australian police…

Police confirm Sydney shooting terror related, gunman 15-year-old boy

+Yahoo!7: Australian police said on Saturday local time they believed the shooting of a police worker by a 15-year-old boy in Sydney the previous day was "politically motivated" and "linked to terrorism." Witnesses report the suspect, who was of Middle Eastern origin, shouted religious slogans before firing. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull commented and urged Australians not to "vilify" the Australian Muslim community for the incident.

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NSW shooting victim was a 'gentle man': police

New South Wales Police have sent condolences to the family of their 58-year-old colleague who was "deliberately" killed in what has now been confirmed as an act of terror outside Parramatta police headquarters.


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