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

Police have yet to declare the incident a ’terrorist incident.’

A police sign outside a regional police station in Western Australia on April 19, 2024. Susan Mortimer/The Epoch Times

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.