Considering the outcome of
Gallipoli, a massive Allied defeat, one wonders whether any real thought went into the terrorist messaging of an attack on police for this particular commemoration.
Police in Australia say they have foiled an Islamic State-inspired plot to carry out an attack at a World War One centenary event.
Police arrested five teenage suspects, charging one 18-year-old with conspiring to commit a terrorist act.
The men were planning to target police at an Anzac memorial event in Melbourne next week, police said.
About 200 police officers took part in the counter-terrorism operation in the city early on Saturday.
Acting Deputy Police Commissioner Neil Gaughan told reporters that evidence suggested the suspects had been influenced by Islamic State.
Sevdet Besim, 18, from the suburb of Hallam, appeared at a brief hearing in the Melbourne magistrates court on Saturday charged with preparing, or planning, a terrorist act. He did not apply for bail, though his lawyer, Anthony Malkoun, indicated there would be a future application, and was remanded in custody for a filing hearing on 24 April.
Besim was one of five men arrested during counter-terrorism raids on Saturday morning in relation to alleged plans to carry out Islamic State-inspired attacks against police at events to mark the centenary of the landings at Gallipoli during the first world war.
The prime minister, Tony Abbott, urged Australians to attend Anzac Day commemorations in their numbers. “The best thing you can do in the face of those who would do us harm is to live your life normally,” he said.