Posted on 05/01/2007 5:08:32 AM PDT by Int
Men face terrorism charges after raids
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) have arrested two men in Melbourne in connection with alleged terrorism.
The AFP, along with Victoria Police, staged raids on eight locations in Melbourne and two in Sydney this morning.
In Melbourne, a 32-year-old Mount Waverley man has been charged with three offences related to being a member of a terrorist organisation, and knowingly making funds available to an terrorist organisation.
A 36-year-old man from Vermont South is expected to charged later this afternoon.
AFP Assistant Commissioner, Frank Prendergast, says the activities are allegedly connected to the Sri Lankan terrorist organisation, known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), or the Tamil Tigers.
"I want to make it clear that these men weren't involved in any possible attacks on Australian soil," he said.
"The offences they have been charged with are activities which occurred in Australia supporting the LTTE in Sri Lanka."
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