Police legally detained 15-year-old terror suspect in hotel without lawyers knowing location, solicitor says

Ahmed Dib says legal team spent three days trying to find boy who was held with his mother in western Sydney

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Asio and federal police officers legally detained a 15-year-old terror suspect in a hotel for multiple days without charge and without his lawyers being aware of his location, his solicitor alleges.

The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was one of seven people arrested by the Joint Counter Terrorism Team in the aftermath of the high-profile stabbing of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel in April.

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