Vic: No terror training camp say Vic police
MELBOURNE, Dec 3 AAP - Victoria Police today dismissed a newspaper report of a terroristtraining camp in the state saying it related to five-year-old allegations which were neversubstantiated.
Reports in News Limited papers today alleged Islamic extremists with links to the terroristgroup Jemaah Islamiah had fired weapons and trained at a camp near Melbourne.
The reports quoted intelligence sources which claimed ASIO found spent cartridges ata remote forest training camp.
Victoria Police issued a statement this morning saying there was no evidence to supportclaims of such a camp.
"The allegations were made late 1998/99 and were investigated by ASIO with the assistanceof local authorities," police deputy media director Kevin Loomes said in the statement.
"There was no terrorist activity substantiated or any evidence of a terrorist training camp."
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KEYWORD: TERROR TRAINING
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