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19
sentences that state something as happening or true
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0 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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It took just five-and-a-half weeks for a 14-year-old boy to go from a normal student to plotting a terror attack on the Sydney Opera House.
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boy → take → House
The teenager, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was first exposed to extremist content on TikTok when he became interested in historical conquests such as the Crusades.
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he → identify → Crusades
He was increasingly shown violent content, including extremist material related to Islamic State, he previously told the NSW Supreme Court.
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he → show → Court
The teenager kept his head bowed in court on Monday as he was sentenced after pleading guilty to planning a terrorist attack over the course of more than a month in 2024.
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The 16-year-old said he felt brainwashed by videos and sought validation when he reached out to people on the encrypted platform Telegram to discuss terrorism.
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he → say → terrorism
He sought online instructions on making a pressure cooker bomb and researched the Sydney Marathon finish line at the Sydney Opera House as a potential target, the court was told.
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court → seek → target
Similar to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, the large number of people at the end of the globally significant race made it an ideal target for inflicting maximum damage, the teen previously said.
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'We will strike fear into their hearts,' he messaged on Telegram.
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A teenager researched a marathon finish line at the Sydney Opera House as a potential terror target
The teenager said he had experienced intrusive thoughts about terrorism and thought it was cool after watching extremist content online
The teenager said he had experienced intrusive thoughts about terrorism and thought it was cool after watching extremist content online.
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He was motivated by the Australian and US invasion of Afghanistan but said he was only '50/50' about actually committing the terror attack.
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he → motivate → attack
Justice Stephen Campbell accepted the teen was ambivalent and did not take any actual steps towards effecting a plot.
When others gave suggestions and asked how he would carry out a terror attack, the Telegram chats show the teenager was hesitant to commit.
'His statements do not portray an ardent, would-be jihadist desperate for martyrdom,' Justice Campbell said.
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'If anything, he appears to be avoiding providing a direct answer.
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The schoolboy has a clean record and supportive parents who taught him well after immigrating to Australia.
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'By all respects, he appears to have been a normal young teenager,' Justice Campbell said.
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Campbell → appear → respects
He was satisfied the teenager had shown sincere remorse and renounced any extremist ideology, ruling there was very little chance of him reoffending.
The deradicalised 16-year-old said he would now choose to ignore or block extremist content online and would call out injustice rather than turning to violence.
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'It goes against what I stand for, what humanity stands for, and what this country stands for,' he said.
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He was sentenced to a three-year community bond with strict conditions prohibiting him from using encrypted platforms.
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'The community's interests are best protected by ensuring the young person continues on his positive trajectory towards complete deradicalisation,' Judge Campbell ruled.
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Campbell → protect → deradicalisation
The teenager nodded his head in acceptance, and his family were visibly relieved.
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family → nod → acceptance
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