Arrests after killing police officer Sydney

sydney - On several raids on homes in Sydney, Australia Wednesday five people have been arrested. They are suspected of involvement in the murder of a police officer last Friday. A fifteen year old boy opened fire on a police station in Sydney and was shot by officers .

The men who were arrested are between 16 and 24 years old. They are questioned . Exactly where they are suspected of , is onduidelijk.De police and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said last weekend that the shooter probably had political motives and that his action is therefore seen as a possible act of terrorism .

He was born in Iran and had an Iraqi- Kurdish background .