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Counter-terrorism officers arrest two people near North Melbourne Anglican church | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
Armed and masked police arrested two people as part of a counter-terrorism operation near an inner-Melbourne Anglican church. | |
Video footage on Friday showed a handcuffed man in a white forensic jumpsuit being led from near St Mary’s Church in North Melbourne to a waiting vehicle. A woman was also cuffed and arrested, according to reports. | |
BREAKING: Melbourne's Joint Counter Terrorism Team have just arrested a man next to St Mary's church in North Melbourne @9NewsMelb pic.twitter.com/LWXS3FK6kk | |
A worker at nearby business Trutrack Suspension said the police action seemed to focus on the church. | |
“We can hear a few helicopters,” the worker said. “We drove through before, it was all blocked off, the road. Police [are] everywhere.” | “We can hear a few helicopters,” the worker said. “We drove through before, it was all blocked off, the road. Police [are] everywhere.” |
A man who walked near the church during the operation said he saw men wearing masks and carrying “machine guns”, believed to be police. | |
Victoria police confirmed the joint counter-terrorism team was tasked to a job in North Melbourne on Friday afternoon, and two people were assisting with inquiries. | |
A Victoria police spokeswoman said there was “no current or impending threat to the community”. | |
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