Australian boy killed by police was in deradicalization program since causing school explosion
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A 16-year-old boy who was shot dead by police after stabbing a man in the Australian west coast city of Perth had been engaged in a deradicalization program since he detonated a homemade explosive device in a school toilet block two years ago, police said on Tuesday.
The boy had injured a man with a kitchen knife in a hardware store parking lot on Saturday night before police killed him with a single shot. The boy had told associates in a text message: “I am going on the path of jihad tonight for the sake of Allah.”
It was the third high-profile knife crime to shock Australia in recent weeks after two Assyrian Orthodox clerics were injured in a Sydney church and a Sydney shopping mall rampage in which six people were killed and another dozen were wounded.
Western Australia Police Commissioner Col Blanch said the boy killed in Perth had been a voluntary participant of the federally funded Countering Violent Extremism program since 2022 when he caused an explosion at a toilet at the Rossmoyne Senior High School, which he attended. The boy had received treatment for mental health issues as well as extremist inclinations.
Related articles
Now Take That fans are left fuming after venue change from crisis
Take That fans have been left fuming as they claim they have been given worse seats after the band m2024-05-07Bank of America's Q1 profits fall 18% on higher expenses, charge
NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of America said its first-quarter profits fell 18%, as the bank dealt with risi2024-05-07Malta's new president takes office
Malta's new president Myriam Spiteri Debono waves to the crowd on the balcony of the Grandmaster2024-05-07New gallery finds footing in Beijing Fun
Sukie Gallery, a new art gallery founded in late 2023, has recently opened its doors in Beijing Fun,2024-05-07China's clean energy sectors gain edge via innovation, supply chain
HEFEI, April 30 (Xinhua) -- A notion that China's burgeoning clean energy sector is propped up by ma2024-05-07China prepares to launch relay satellite Queqiao
The combination of the relay satellite Queqiao-2 and the Long March-8 Y3 carrier rocket is verticall2024-05-07
atest comment