Online Radicalisation Concerns in Wake of Sydney Stabbing

Published on July 4, 2024

Police are investigating the possibility that a teenager who allegedly stabbed a University of Sydney student in the neck with a kitchen knife had been radicalised online. No charges have been laid so far against the 14-year-old who is currently awaiting a mental health assessment. Police say on the morning of July 2, the boy, dressed in camouflage gear, stabbed a 22-year-old man who was not known to him. Colleagues rushed to use a piece of clothing to stem bleeding before paramedics arrived. The man was taken to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in a serious but stable condition and released the next day....

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