Australian boy killed by police was in deradicalization program since causing school explosion
Time:2024-05-08 02:43:48 Source:styleViews(143)
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.
Previous:Xi to begin Serbia visit on the 25th anniversary of NATO's bombing of the Chinese Embassy
Next:Radek Faksa scores in return, Stars oust defending Stanley Cup champ Golden Knights 2
You may also like
- Spain's Prado Museum confirms rediscovery of lost Caravaggio. Painting will be unveiled May 27
- Hamas says 19 killed in Israeli shelling near Gaza City, Israel denies
- Lawyer for former top lawmaker in Michigan House expects he will be charged
- Asian CL semifinal postponed in United Arab Emirates after flooding caused by heavy rain
- Woman reveals horror of being sexually abused by her cousin's fiancé, 26, when she was 12 years old
- Asian CL semifinal postponed in United Arab Emirates after flooding caused by heavy rain
- Dior's VERY star
- Tennessee judge set to decide whether a Nashville school shooter's journals are public records
- Is this where Gillian Anderson keeps her X