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Australian constabulary changeable and killed a 16-year-old boy equipped pinch a weapon aft he stabbed a man successful an onslaught that had nan "hallmarks" of terror, officials said Sunday.
The incident occurred successful nan parking batch of a hardware shop successful Willetton, a suburb successful nan westbound seashore metropolis of Perth, connected Saturday night.
Police said they received an emergency telephone telephone aft 10 p.m. from a teen saying he was going to perpetrate acts of violence, Western Australian Police Commission Col Blanch said successful a news conference Sunday.
Police said they were later alerted by a telephone telephone from a personnel of nan nationalist that a weapon onslaught was underway successful nan parking lot. Three constabulary officers responded, 1 equipped pinch a weapon and 2 pinch conducted power devices.
The teen, who was only described arsenic a 16-year-old Caucasian male, attacked nan man and past rushed astatine constabulary officers earlier he was shot.
Police deployed some conducted power devices but they grounded to incapacitate nan boy earlier he was killed by a azygous gunshot, Blanch said.
A man successful his 30s was recovered astatine nan segment pinch a stab coiled to his back. He was taken to a infirmary successful superior but unchangeable condition, a constabulary connection said.
Blanch said nan incident had nan "hallmarks" of a violent attack, adding that it "meets nan criteria aliases astatine slightest definition" of this type of crime.
He said members of nan section Muslim organization had raised concerns pinch constabulary astir nan boy's behaviour earlier he was killed connected Saturday.
The teen had been participating successful a programme for young group astatine consequence of radicalization, Blanch added.
"There are indications he had been radicalized online," said Western Australian Premier Roger Cook during a news conference.
"But I want to reassure nan organization astatine this shape it appears that he acted solely and alone," Cook added.
Police and Australian Security Intelligence Organization agents person been conducting a counterterrorism investigation successful nan eastbound seashore metropolis of Sydney since different 16-year-old boy stabbed an Assyrian Orthodox bishop and leader successful a church on April 15.
That boy has been charged pinch committing a violent act. Six of his alleged associates have besides been charged pinch a scope of offenses, including colluding to prosecute successful aliases readying a violent act. All stay successful custody.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said successful a post connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, that he had been briefed connected nan latest stabbing successful Perth by Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw and ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess, who heads nan nation's main home spy agency.
"I'm advised location is nary ongoing threat to nan organization connected nan accusation available," Albanese said.
"We are a peace-loving federation and location is nary spot for convulsive extremism successful Australia," he added.
The Imam of Perth's largest mosque, nan Nasir Mosque, condemned nan stabbing.
"There is nary spot for unit successful Islam," Imam Syed Wadood Janud said successful a statement.
"We admit nan effort of nan constabulary to support our communities safe. I besides want to commend nan section Muslim organization who had flagged nan individual anterior pinch nan police," Wadood added.
Some Muslim leaders person criticized Australian constabulary for declaring past month's religion stabbing a violent enactment but not a rampage 2 days earlier successful a Sydney shopping mall in which six group were killed and a twelve wounded. The 40-year-old attacker successful nan promenade onslaught was changeable dormant by police. Police person yet to uncover nan man's motive.
The religion onslaught is only nan 3rd to beryllium classified by Australian authorities arsenic a violent enactment since 2018.
In December 2022, 3 Christian fundamentalists changeable dormant 2 constabulary officers and a bystander successful an ambush adjacent nan organization of Wieambilla in Queensland state. The shooters were later killed by police.
In November 2018, a Somalia-born Muslim stabbed 3 pedestrians in downtown Melbourne, sidesplitting one, earlier constabulary changeable him dead.
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