Australian police say operation underway at Sydney Opera House

Australia is on heightened alert for attacks by home-grown militants


Reuters January 14, 2016
File picture of Chinese tourists taking pictures of themselves as they pose in front of the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, September 28, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

SYDNEY: A police operation was underway at the Sydney Opera House on Thursday, police said, with at least one ferry leaving the area cancelled and media reporting that people were being cleared away from the site.

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A police spokesperson said an operation was going on but could not provide any details. The Twitter account of the city's ferry service said one ferry service had been cancelled due to the operation.

Australia is on heightened alert for attacks by home-grown militants. Authorities say they have thwarted a number of potential attacks, although there have been several "lone wolf" assaults.

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