‘Radicalised’ teenager shot dead by police after stabbing man in the back in Australia

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But I want to reassure the community, at this stage it appears that he acted solely and alone.” open image in gallery Western Australia premier Roger Cook said there were indications the boy had been radicalised online A man in his thirties was found at the scene with a stab wound to his back and remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition. “I don’t want to say he has been radicalised or is radicalised, because I think that forms part of the investigation,” Western Australia’s police commissioner Col Blanch said. open image in gallery Western Australia’s police commissioner Col Blanch speaks at a press conference in Perth, Australia on Sunday Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese said he had been briefed on the stabbing in Perth, and added: “I’m advised there is no ongoing threat to the community on the information available. In December 2022, three Christian fundamentalists shot dead two police officers and a bystander in an ambush near the community of Wieambilla in Queensland state.