Teen charged in Australia with terrorism offences

An Australian Federal Police officer in Sydney on December 10, 2015. - New South Wales Police/AFP/File

Sydney (AFP) - Australian authorities have charged a teenager with collecting documents that could facilitate terrorist acts, officials said Tuesday.

The 18-year-old from the western Sydney suburb of Guildford was arrested late Monday and charged with "three counts of collecting documents likely to facilitate terrorist acts", the New South Wales joint counter-terrorism team said.