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Alleged ISIS member charged in Melbourne

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  • the headline was changed: Alleged ISIS member arrested charged in Melbourne
  • the headline was changed: Breaking: Alleged ISIS member arrested in Melbourne

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  • Counter-terrorism police have arrested a Melbourne man who they allege played a role spreading propaganda for ISIS.
  • Addressing media shortly after midday, the Australian Federal Police said the man would be charged with membership of a terrorist organisation, possessing and controlling violent extremist material and using a carriage service to cause offence.

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Counter-terrorism police have arrested a Melbourne man who they allege played a role spreading propaganda for ISIS.

The 65-year-old was arrested during a raid of a home in Carlton on Wednesday morning.

Addressing media shortly after midday, the Australian Federal Police said the man would be charged with membership of a terrorist organisation, possessing and controlling violent extremist material and using a carriage service to cause offence.

The assistant commissioner said the scale of the material placed the man as a "principal distributor of ISIS propaganda within the group".

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