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		</div><p>Police have arrested a teenager said to have been planning to launch an &#8220;imminent&#8221; lone terrorist attack in Sydney, Australia.</p>
<p>The 18-year-old was expected to be charged with planning a terrorist attack, the Australian Federal Police said.</p>
<p>They said another charge &#8211; preparing to enter a foreign country to engage in hostile activities &#8211; was expected to be filed in connection with an earlier attempt by the teenager to travel to Syria.</p>
<p>If convicted, he could face a maximum sentence of life in prison.</p>
<p>&#8220;The planning was occurring now and we would say that an attack was probably imminent,&#8221; New South Wales Police deputy commissioner Catherine Burn said.</p>
<p>The suspect had been making arrangements to obtain a firearm, Australian Federal Police acting deputy commissioner Neil Gaughan said.</p>
<p>Officials believe he was working alone and his arrest meant there was no longer any threat to public safety linked to the alleged plot, he added.</p>
<p>Ms Burn and Mr Gaughan would not say what the alleged plans involved, including the proposed targets.</p>
<p>The suspect, who had been on the authorities&#8217; radar since last year, was stopped at Sydney airport in February when he attempted to travel to Syria, Mr Gaughan said.</p>
<p>His passport had been cancelled and he was prevented from leaving the country.</p>
<p>Since then, he had been under police surveillance, attorney general George Brandis said.</p>
<p>Australia&#8217;s government raised the country&#8217;s terror threat level in 2014 in response to the domestic threat posed by supporters of the Islamic State group.</p>
<p>Police have since conducted dozens of raids they say have been aimed at thwarting multiple terror plots around Australia, including an alleged plan to attack government buildings and a naval base in Sydney.</p>
<p>Many of those arrested have been teenagers, including a 16-year-old who was charged with plotting a terrorist attack on an Australian Veteran&#8217;s Day ceremony in April.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are still seeing people planning and preparing for such attacks and unfortunately, that group of people are getting younger and younger,&#8221; Ms Burn said.</p>
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