2015 Parramatta shooting

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2015 Parramatta shooting
NSW Police Headquarters on Charles Street, Parramatta
LocationNew South Wales Police Force
NSW Police Headquarters (The Curtis Cheng Centre)
Parramatta
Date2 October 2015
4:30 p.m. (AEST)
TargetNSW Police Force
Attack type
Gun attack
WeaponsS&W .38 revolver
Deaths2 (including the perpetrator)
VictimsCurtis Cheng
PerpetratorsFarhad Khalil Mohammad Jabar
MotiveIslamic terrorism[1]

On 2 October 2015, Farhad Khalil Mohammad Jabar, a 15-year-old boy, shot and killed Curtis Cheng, an unarmed police civilian finance worker, outside the New South Wales Police Force headquarters in Parramatta, Sydney, Australia. Jabar was subsequently shot and killed by special constables who were protecting the headquarters. As of 27 April 2016, four other men have been charged in relation to the shooting, among whom Raban Alou was convicted of terrorism offences in March 2018.[2]

NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione described the event as a politically motivated act of terrorism.[3]

  1. ^ "Everyone wants to die for Allah': Teen tells inside story of Australia's most-watched Islamic State group". ABC News. 20 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Raban Alou sentenced to 44 years in prison for role in Curtis Cheng murder". ABC News. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Innis was invoked but never defined (see the help page).