Parramatta shooting: Teen gunman named as investigations go on

Authorities are continuing their investigation into the shooting of a police worker outside the force's state headquarters at Parramatta.

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Police at the scene of a fatal shooting in Parramatta Friday, Oct. 02, 2015. Two people are believed to have been shot dead near NSW Police headquarters in Parramatta with one witness reporting a man in a black gown and wielding a gun among those killed. Source: AAP

Detectives are continuing to investigate the motive behind the fatal shooting of a police worker outside the force's Sydney headquarters by a radicalised teenager.

Only scant details have emerged about the 15-year-old who shot and killed Curtis Cheng as he left work at the State Crime Command on Friday afternoon.
 Parramatta shooting victim Curtis Cheng (left)
Parramatta shooting victim Curtis Cheng (left) with family. Source: AAP
Police have refused to confirm his identity until they've completed "all formalities" but he has been named in media reports as Farhad Khalil Mohammad Jabar of Iraqi-Kurdish background and born in Iran.

Commissioner Andrew Scipione says investigators are still a long way from establishing a full picture of the teen but "his actions were politically motivated and therefore linked to terrorism".

At this early stage, Mr Scipione says his investigators have no information to tie the boy to a specific group.

A beefed-up police presence is expected at Sunday's NRl final.

Family 'key' to stoping young radicals

Meanwhile Foreign Minister Julie Bishop saysid families were key to helping prevent the radicalisation of youths.

"When a 15-year-old boy can be so radicalised that he can carry out a politically motivated killing or an act of terrorism, then it's a time for the whole nation to take stock," she told ABC television on Sunday.

The minister believes families will be crucial in a defence strategy against radicalised youth.

She said a holistic approach must be taken to include families and Muslim community representatives.

Islamic leaders were part of a phone hook-up with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, NSW Premier Mike Baird, federal and NSW police on Saturday.

"It's the families that will be our frontline of defence against radicalised young people, so we will be working very closely with them," Ms Bishop said.

"No one level of government or no one section of community can do it all alone."


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Published 4 October 2015 3:52am
Updated 4 October 2015 11:53am
Source: AAP


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