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Australia PM warns of ‘chatter’ as memorials held for siege victims

December 23, 2014 publisher aftermath, attack-on-sony, attacks, floral-tribute, hacking-attack, katrina-dawson, martin-place, prime-minister, said-on-tuesday, told-reporters

By Jane Wardell SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Tuesday security officials had intercepted a heightened level of “terrorist chatter” in the aftermath of the Sydney cafe siege. As memorial services were held for the two victims of the 16-hour siege a week ago, Abbott warned that the public needed to remain alert as the country headed into Christmas and New Year celebrations. “The national security agencies today indicated that there has been a heightened level of terrorist chatter in the aftermath of the Martin Place siege,” Abbott told reporters in Sydney.