Police officers are seen at Endeavour Hills Police Station after an altercation in the vicinity, in Melbourne, in this still image taken from video shot on September 23, 2014. REUTERS/Australian Broadcasting Corporation via Reuters TV
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian police shot dead a teenager after he stabbed two counter terrorism officers, days after sweeping raids involving hundreds of police thwarted what they said was an imminent plot to behead a member of the public.
Australia, a staunch ally of the United States and its escalating action against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, is on high alert for attacks by home-grown militants returning from fighting in the Middle East.
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