Australian police arrest 4 men in relation to shooting

The officers arrested three men and a teenager who they say are connected to Friday’s fatal shooting outside Parramatta Police Headquarters.

New South Wales police said that Cheng was killed while leaving work, in one of the western suburb of Sydney.

Nick Grimm has the latest.

The Board of Studies said it was “experienced in responding to local and national tragedies at HSC time” and the “illness/misadventure application process” would be available to Arthur Phillip High students to ensure they were not disadvantaged by recent events.

Police alleged four of those arrested were “directly linked” to Cheng’s shooting – which, in police terms, could mean something as innocuous as going to the same school or mosque.

Surprise raid… A man believed to be the brother of the teens arrested during this morning’s raids, talks with police in Wentworthville.

“However, what we are investigating is a terrorism offence”.

NICK GRIMM: New South Wales deputy police commissioner Catherine Burn.

He can be held for another four days after investigators applied in court to increase the length of time he can be detained.

According to Australian media, a few of the properties raided on Wednesday had also been raided by police a year ago, in a major anti-terror operation in Sydney. That is unrelated to the matter we are dealing with.

Political and community leaders have told those who don’t like the Australia’s way of life to leave, as protests over the killing of a NSW police accountant and counter demonstrations began.

The 58-year-old, who had been with the police force’s finance department for 17 years, was shot in the back of the head by Farhad Jabar Khalil Mohammad.

A NSW police spokeswoman said members of the public were warned against engaging in “reprisal actions” and that no protests had been approved for Parramatta today.

However, Burns admits that Farhad was not somebody that they believe was a “threat”.

But he agreed with Parramatta Mosque chairman Neil El-Kadomi, who told hundreds of worshippers gathered for Friday prayers that “if you don’t like Australia, leave”.

They allege he used social media to menace, harass or offend officers and intimidate police when he was arrested.

Kadomi said Muslim youth needed education, adding that Jabar was too young “to know what he was doing”.

But he said the various sectors of the community needed better lines of communication, including between Muslim people and the government. “So please help us, we need help”.

“We had a spike come out of the rose”, he said on Thursday.