Melbourne: Authorities in Australia have prevented another teenage boy from traveling to Middle East to join Islamic State fighters. The 17-year-old youth was intercepted by counter-terrorism officers at Sydney Airport a fortnight ago, a media report said.

According to Immigration Minister Peter Dutton, the incident happened on March 12 at the international terminal. "There was a male who was taken off a plane after being interviewed by counter terrorism unit (CTU) officers at the Sydney Airport," Dutton said. "He was on his way to conflict in the Middle East and it comes off the back of two boys aged 16 and 17, who had been intercepted by Counter Terrorist Unit officers just before that," he said.