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Image caption Local media reports the boy pleaded guilty to planning an attack on Mother's Day in Melbourne this year 2 hours ago - From the section Australia
An Australian teenager detained during raids in Melbourne in May has pleaded guilty to a terror-related charge.
The
17-year-old boy pleaded guilty to engaging in an act in preparation
for, or planning, a terrorist act between 25 April and 8 May this year.He admitted the charge ahead of a committal hearing and prosecutors dropped two other charges.
Earlier hearings were told he prepared to make explosives after obtaining instructions online, AAP reports.
Police also told the court radical Islamic propaganda was found during the raids.
The boy did not apply for bail and was remanded in custody and is set appear in court again on Thursday.
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