“Radicalized” 16-year-old shot dead in Australia

A “radicalized” and mentally ill 16-year-old boy was shot dead by police on Saturday night in the suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, after injuring a person in a knife attack, police said. authorities reported Sunday.

The teenager, armed with a knife, “rushed” at the police and was fatally shot by an agent, said the Prime Minister of the state of Western Australia Roger Cook at a press conference.

“There are indications that he was radicalized online. But I want to reassure people that at this stage it appears he acted alone,” Mr Cook said.

Police received a call Saturday evening from a man warning he was going to commit “acts of violence” but without giving his name or location, the state police official told reporters , Col Blanch.

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