Police have shot {dead} a 16-year-old boy after he stabbed a person within the again in Australia in an assault that authorities say prompt terrorism.
There have been indicators he was radicalised on-line and anxious members of the Muslim group had known as police earlier than the assault in Perth, mentioned state authorities.
The assault – at about 10pm on Saturday – within the suburb of Willetton, had the “hallmarks” of terrorism, police mentioned.
The boy first known as police himself shortly earlier than the assault to say he was going to commit violence, however did not say the place or who he was, mentioned Sky Information Australia correspondent Crystal Wu.
A 30-year-old man was then stabbed within the again with a kitchen knife and three cops have been deployed after a name from the general public, Wu mentioned.
Two officers drew their Tasers, and the opposite a firearm, and so they ordered {the teenager} to place down his weapon.
He was shot when he refused to take action.
Native stories point out he was identified to police and had “psychological well being and radicalisation points” – and was in a deradicalisation programme.
Western Australia Premier Roger {Cook} mentioned “at this stage it seems that he acted solely and alone”.
The sufferer is secure in hospital, authorities mentioned.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese mentioned he had been briefed by police and intelligence businesses, which suggested there was no ongoing menace.
“We’re a peace-loving nation and there’s no place for violent extremism in Australia,” Mr Albanese wrote on X.
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The incident comes after New South Wales police final month charged a number of boys with terrorism-related offences in
investigations following the stabbing of an Assyrian Christian bishop whereas he was giving a live-streamed sermon in Sydney.
The assault on the bishop got here solely days after a deadly mass stabbing within the Sydney beachside suburb of Bondi that claimed the lives of six individuals.