Australian boy killed by police was in deradicalization program since causing school explosion
Time:2024-05-08 02:05:37 Source:worldViews(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:DeLuca stays hot with homer and 4 RBIs as Rays beat Clevinger and White Sox 8
Next:Jordan stations 2 firefighting helicopters in Cyprus to help as summer fire season arrives
You may also like
- ABC News president Kim Godwin steps down
- Chinese traditional music charms Maltese audience
- Antique book archive inaugurated in Beijing
- Chinese boy bands eye global stardom under new deal
- They shared a name — but not a future. How two kids fought to escape poverty in Baltimore
- The sound of a comeback
- East China's Suzhou to hold cultural event in Singapore
- Woman, 45, suffers horrific and rare reaction to IBUPROFEN
- Justin Steele returns from hamstring injury as Cubs take on Padres