{"id":18420,"date":"2025-06-27T07:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T07:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/18420\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T07:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T07:02:12","slug":"terrorgram-linked-to-alleged-plot-to-kill-labor-politician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/18420\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrorgram linked to alleged plot to kill Labor politician"},"content":{"rendered":"

Violent racist organisation Terrorgram, which has now been formally listed as a terror organisation, has been linked to an alleged plot to kill NSW Labor MP Tim Crakanthorp.<\/p>\n

It is the first time the terror group has been linked to a plot in Australia.<\/p>\n

Jordan Patten, 20, was charged last year with a terror offence after police arrested him in Newcastle dressed in a commando suit<\/a> one block away from Mr Crakanthorp’s office.<\/p>\n

Police allege he had begun plotting to kill the MP that morning and was arrested just hours later carrying a hammer and knives.<\/p>\n

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Police allege Newcastle MP Tim Crakanthorp was the subject of a terror plot now formally linked to Terrorgram. (ABC Newcastle: Jesmine Cheong)<\/p>\n

According to the Home Affairs Department, the alleged attacker said Terrorgram, which operates through encrypted platforms like Telegram, had played a critical role in his radicalisation.<\/p>\n

After the attack failed, the 19-year-old allegedly uploaded a 205-page manifesto that cited the 2019 Christchurch shooter as inspiration.<\/p>\n

An emotional Anthony Albanese revealed at the time that the accused’s manifesto allegedly included direct threats on his family<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alleged threat to PM’s family by terror plot accused<\/a><\/p>\n

An emotional Anthony Albanese has revealed that an accused teenage terrorist’s manifesto allegedly included direct threats on his family.<\/p>\n

The department said following the failed attack, Terrorgram members also posted advice and instructions for how prospective future attackers could avoid the same failures and succeed in carrying out “lone-actor” terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n

“The users explicitly advocated for individuals to carry out more successful attacks through the provision of this advice,” the department said.<\/p>\n

The group has been linked to terror activity in the United States, Europe and Asia but has not previously been officially linked to a terror plot in Australia.<\/p>\n

The federal government moved to impose financial sanctions on Terrorgram in February, making it illegal to financially support or benefit from the group.<\/p>\n

Friday’s terror listing makes it an offence for anyone to be a member of Terrorgram, associate with its members, recruit for the group or train with or fund the organisation.<\/p>\n

The offences are punishable with a maximum penalty of 25 years’ prison.<\/p>\n

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Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has listed Terrorgram as a terror organisation. (ABC News: Matt Roberts)<\/p>\n

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke told ABC Radio National the listing would not be the final step, acknowledging the constant effort to stamp out terror groups online.<\/p>\n

“You never stop chasing these characters down, you never stop,” he said.<\/p>\n

“This listing won’t be the last thing we have to do against far-right white supremacist groups, there will be more.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Violent racist organisation Terrorgram, which has now been formally listed as a terror organisation, has been linked to…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4740,50,17553,17552,17554,17551],"class_list":{"0":"post-18420","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-terror-group","11":"tag-terror-plot","12":"tag-terror-threats","13":"tag-terrorgram"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114754050277223724","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}