<p>A 17-year-old Australian boy was charged with terror offences following a raid by police at his home in Melbourne, media reported on Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The teenager was charged after Victoria Police and Australian Federal Police personnel launched raids in Melbourne on Friday afternoon, swooping on a house where explosives were found and taken away to be detonated in a nearby park, Sky News Australia reported.<br /><br />"It will be alleged the teenager was undertaking preparations for planning a terrorist act in Australia," a police official said on Saturday.<br /><br />In Darwin, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that the government knows there is a very serious threat.<br /><br />"There have been some raids over the last 24 hours in Sydney and Melbourne. There's been at least one arrest," he said.The teenager is expected to face a closed court on Monday.<br /></p>
<p>A 17-year-old Australian boy was charged with terror offences following a raid by police at his home in Melbourne, media reported on Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The teenager was charged after Victoria Police and Australian Federal Police personnel launched raids in Melbourne on Friday afternoon, swooping on a house where explosives were found and taken away to be detonated in a nearby park, Sky News Australia reported.<br /><br />"It will be alleged the teenager was undertaking preparations for planning a terrorist act in Australia," a police official said on Saturday.<br /><br />In Darwin, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that the government knows there is a very serious threat.<br /><br />"There have been some raids over the last 24 hours in Sydney and Melbourne. There's been at least one arrest," he said.The teenager is expected to face a closed court on Monday.<br /></p>