Perth stabbing: police shoot dead boy, 16, after alleged attack that has ‘hallmarks’ of terror incident

WA premier Roger Cook suggests teenager who allegedly stabbed man in Bunnings car park in Willetton may have been radicalised online

Royce Kurmelovs
Sat 4 May 2024 22.09 EDT
Last modified on Sun 5 May 2024 03.40 EDT

Western Australian police say they have shot and killed a teenager who allegedly attacked a man in a Perth car park on Saturday night.

Detectives on Sunday said there was no ongoing threat to the public and the 16-year-old was believed to have been acting alone in Willetton.

The WA police commissioner, Col Blanch, said the incident “certainly has all the hallmarks” of a terrorism-related incident, but he was not prepared to declare it as such “at this stage”.

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The 18-year-old who was stabbed was in a serious but stable condition in hospital and “doing well”, authorities said on Sunday.

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