australian federal police commander bruce giles said .
 
based in springvale , in melbourne 's south - east , associates of al - furqan were the targets of terrorism raids by victoria police and the australian federal police in 2012 .
a forensic officer documents objects including a blanket at the scene of a fatal shooting at endeavour hills police station in melbourne shooting : officials name abdul numan haider as man shot dead by anti - terrorist officers updated senior law enforcement officials have named the 18 - year - old man who was shot dead after stabbing two officers from the joint counter terrorism team outside a melbourne police station last night .
 
there 's certainly information that he was present at the shopping centre in the last week or so with the flag that appeared to be an isis [ islamic state ] flag , " chief commissioner lay said . "
haider , whose family are from afghanistan , had also been associated with the radical islamic group called al - furqan .
a second knife was found on the man after he was shot , lay said .
an australian federal police officer and a victoria state police officer who were part of a counterterrorism team had asked the 18 - year - old to come to a police station in melbourne to answer questions after first drawing their attention three months ago , victoria police chief commissioner ken lay said .