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         Australia Police Arrest Man for Funding Terror Group in Syria

   by VOA News

   Australian police have arrested a man they say tried to provide funds
   for a United States citizen who is believed to be fighting with Islamic
   extremists in Syria.

   The unidentified 23-year-old was arrested Tuesday during a raid on
   several homes across the southern Australian city of Melbourne.

   Australian Federal Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Gaughan said the
   suspect tried to funnel $10,500 to the U.S. man fighting in Syria.

   "I can confirm that a 23-year-old man from Seabrook will be charged
   with intentionally making funds available to a terrorist organization
   knowing that organization was a terrorist organization," said Gaughan.

   Police believe the suspect was working alone and did not represent an
   imminent threat to the public.

   They also say he was not connected to the terror suspect who was shot
   last week by police in Melbourne.

   Eighteen-year-old Numan Haidar was killed last Thursday after he
   stabbed two police officers outside a Melbourne police station. Both
   officers are recovering.

   Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the knife attack was inspired by the
   Islamic State group.

   Australia, which is backing the United States and its escalating action
   against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, is on high alert for attacks
   by supporters of the militant group.

   Two weeks ago, police detained 16 people in counterterrorism raids in
   Sydney and charged one with conspiring with an Islamic State leader in
   Syria to behead a random person.
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