An Australian mosque reportedly visited by a 15-year-old boy before he shot dead a civilian police employee in an "act of terrorism" has been raided, police said Sunday, according to the AFP news agency.

New South Wales state police said the mosque in the western Sydney suburb of Parramatta, close to the scene of the double shooting on Friday afternoon, was raided with the consent of religious leaders.

(Arutz Sheva’s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Simchat Torah and Shmini Atzeret in New York. The time posted automatically on all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)


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