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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to nan media connected nan Bondi Junction stabbings, during a property convention successful Canberra, Australia, April 13, 2024. The state is reacting to yet different stabbing connected Saturday nighttime successful Perth. EPA-EFE/LUKAS COCH AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT
May 5 (UPI) -- Australian constabulary changeable and killed a 16-year-old pursuing a stabbing onslaught that had "hallmarks" of terror, officials confirmed Sunday. The teen attacked a man successful a suburb of Perth Saturday night.
"It's a very tragic arena successful Western Australia," Police Commissioner Col Blanch said astatine a news conference connected Sunday morning. "It saddens maine that I person to beryllium present coming talking astir this incident."
Officers were called to nan segment astir 10:15 p.m. section clip Saturday nighttime by a witnesser reporting a man equipped pinch a weapon successful a parking car shed successful Perth.
Responding officers drew tasers, which grounded to extremity nan teen arsenic he rushed astatine them. When nan fishy did not comply pinch orders to stop, 1 of nan officers fired their limb astatine him, fatally wounding him.
At nan scene, investigators besides recovered different man successful his 30s who suffered a stabbing coiled successful nan back. He was taken to a section infirmary successful superior but unchangeable condition.
The emergency caller was reported to person been nan teen, who told dispatchers he was prepared to perpetrate a convulsive enactment astatine astir 10 p.m. Witnesses besides told constabulary nan teen had a knife.
"There are indications that he had been radicalized online," Roger Cook, nan premier of nan authorities of Western Australia, said successful nan news conference. "But I want to reassure nan organization that it appears he acted solely alone."
Blanch said that nan onslaught "has nan hallmarks" of a violent act, CNN reported, adding that it "meets nan criteria aliases astatine slightest nan definition" of this type of crime.
"We are a peace-loving nation, and location is nary spot for convulsive extremism successful Australia," Australia's premier minister, Anthony Albanese, said successful a post connected X successful consequence to Saturday's episode.
The latest arena occurred successful nan aftermath of 2 further stabbing attacks crossed nan country, convulsive outbursts that person not historically been communal successful Australia.
Six group were killed and a twelve others injured successful a stabbing incident astatine a shopping mall successful Sydney connected April 13.
A 15-year-old boy was arrested a fewer days later successful relationship pinch nan stabbing of an Assyrian Orthodox bishop and respective different group during a religion service. Police said that incident was not an enactment of terrorism.
