COUNTER-TERRORISM police yesterday raided the homes of two Sydney men with allegedly extremist Islamic views to "send a message" they were being closely watched and dissuade them from any plans to engage in a terrorist act.
Documents and computers were seized from the homes in Glebe and Riverwood in the pre-dawn raids by NSW and federal police, part of a joint operation targeting two men who have been monitored by authorities for several years.
"These are a couple of blokes who may have been thinking about doing something," one source said. "We wanted to satisfy ourselves that nothing is going to happen. We also wanted to send a bit of a message to them."
After media outlets found out about the raids, NSW police confirmed that search warrants had been executed and that the investigation was continuing.
Police said there was no link to any security measures being taken before World Youth Day.
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