Perth Knife Attacker Spent Time in ‘De-Radicalisation Program’

A 16-year-old male shot by police after stabbing a stranger in Perth, Western Australia (WA) spent years in a de-radicalisation program to prevent violent extremism. The boy committed the attack in a Bunnings car park in Willetton, a southern suburb of Perth, and allegedly stabbed a stranger in the back with a 30-centimetre kitchen knife. He was tasered twice by police, but when he advanced on an officer brandishing the weapon, he was fatally shot. At around 10 p.m. on Saturday (May 4), he telephoned the police hotline, 000, and said he was planning to commit “acts of violence.” The boy attended Rossmoyne Senior High School and had been in the program since 2022....