Two men charged in Sydney shooting of police employee
Two men have been charged with terrorism-related offenses in the recent fatal shooting of a police employee in the Australian city of Sydney.
Local courts on Friday charged Talal Alameddine, 22, and Raban Alou, 18, in the October 2 killing of Curtis Cheng in Sydney’s Parramatta district.
Fifty eight-year-old Cheng was gunned down by Farhad Khalil Mohammad Jabar outside a police headquarters in the district.
Jabar, 15, who had Iraqi and Kurdish parents and no previous criminal history, was himself shot dead on the scene in an exchange of fire with police.
The Parramatta Local Court charged Alameddine with providing the gun used in the killing of Cheng.
According to documents tendered to the court, Alameddine gave the gun to Alou about three hours before the shooting. Alou then passed the weapon to Jabar, the shooter.
Sydney’s downtown Downing Center Local Court separately charged Alou with aiding, abetting and counseling Jabar to conduct a terrorist act.
The two men did not appear before the courts when being charged and did not apply for bail. Their next hearing will be in December.
Stephen Zahr, Alameddine’s lawyer, said he was not sure whether his client planned to plead not guilty. Alou’s lawyer Moustafa Kheir, however, said that his client will fight the charges.
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