Teen accused of planning Melbourne Anzac Day terrorist attack receives new charges

A TEEN accused of planning a brutal terrorist attack on Melbourne faces new charges for his online activity.

New charges for accused terror plotter

A MELBOURNE teen accused of planning to behead a police officer before going on a violent rampage has had four fresh charges laid against him.

Sevdet Ramadan Besim, 18, has been in custody since 200 heavily-armed officers swooped on the city’s southeast in April, arresting five teens and seizing knives and swords.

Besim was accused of planning to run over, then behead, a police officer before going on a killing spree on Anzac Day.

When he was arrested he was charged with conspiring to do an act in preparation for or planning a terror act, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.

New charges laid on him include internet searches of Anzac Day in Melbourne and Dandenong, engaging in communications and creating an electronic memo on his phone — all in preparation for a terrorist attack.

Court documents allege he planned the attack for Anzac Day to “make sure the dogs remember this as well as there fallen heros (sic)”.

Police allege he said he was “ready to fight these dogs on there (sic) doorstep” in online communications with a person overseas, according to court documents.

“I’d love to take out some cops,” Besim is alleged to have said. “I was gonna meet with them then take some heads ahaha.” He said he wanted to attack Australia’s authority because it would show weakness and put fear into the general population, police allege.

Besim appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court for a committal hearing.

The matter was adjourned until January 28.