Sydney teenager charged with terror offences allegedly accessed ‘guides’ to mass casualty attacks, court hears

Police allege the boy ‘held a mixed ideology and outlined plans for acts of violence’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A 16-year-old boy has been charged with multiple terrorism offences after allegedly accessing “guides” on how to commit a “mass casualty event”, a court has heard. The boy appeared before a children’s court in Sydney on Wednesday, where a commonwealth prosecutor said the teenager had accessed the materials “for the purpose of a contemplated mass casualty attack”. The guides – which Guardian Australia has chosen not to name – provide instructions on how to kill and commit mass casualty events with different weapons, including with knives, the court heard. He was on Tuesday charged with five terrorism offences, one being the collecting and making of documents likely to facilitate a terrorist act. In a statement, the Australian federal police said the child was first charged with weapons offences in December, after the New South Wales joint counter-terrorism team received reports of someone making violent threats online. Police allegedly found a flick knife and a ge