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Source: Reuters -
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Facts about the police raids in Victoria to foil an
alleged terror plot:
Name of operation: Operation Neath
Length of operation: Seven months of
surveillance
Search warrants: 19
Number of arrests so far: four
Number of police involved: 400 from AFP, Victoria
Police and NSW Police.
Locations of raids: Carlton, Glenroy, Meadow
Heights, Roxburgh Park, Broadmeadows, Westmeadows, Preston and
Epping in Melbourne's north; Colac in south-western Victoria.
What's alleged: Police will allege the men were
planning a suicide terrorist attack on a defence base, believed to
be Holsworthy Barracks in Sydney's west.
What else: The investigation also uncovered links
to a North African terrorist group, al-Shabaab.
Police said they will allege the suspected terrorist cell was
involved in supporting the Islamic insurgency in Somalia.
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