A 17-year-old boy arrested last week when police allegedly found three homemade bombs in his home in Melbourne appeared in a children’s court on Monday charged with terrorism offences.
The boy, who as a juvenile suspect cannot be publicly identified, was remanded in custody after a brief court appearance in a Melbourne Children’s Court during which he was charged with planning a terrorist act somewhere in Victoria state and with possessing items connected with a terrorist act.
The boy did not enter a plea and did not apply for bail. He will appear next on May 26.
The boy sat in the dock flanked by police during the hearing. None of the boy’s family appeared to be in the courtroom.
The son of a Syrian-born doctor was arrested on Friday outside his home in the Melbourne suburb of Glenvale in a police counterterrorism operation. Police bomb squad destroyed three explosive devises found in the house.
