The Australian Police killed a 16-year-old teenager, described as “radicalized” and who acted “alone”, after he attacked the officers carrying a knife and after attacking and chasing several people, leaving at least one injured.
The incident happened on Saturday around 11:30 p.m. local time (3:30 p.m. GMT) in the town of Perthcapital of the state of Western Australia.
According to the Police report, the young man, of Caucasian ethnicity and carrying a kitchen knife of about 30 centimeters, stabbed a person in the back, who is admitted to a hospital with a stable prognosis, and chased with the intention of attacking other pedestrians on a main street in the south of the city.
After arriving at the scene, several agents asked the young man to put down his weapon, to which the teenager responded by attacking the officers, who they shot down the assailant with two shots with electric shocks and one with live ammunition.
The suspect was taken to a hospital, where he died.
The Police indicated to the media that the young man, who suffered mental problemswas known to the authorities and they suspect that he had been “radicalized” through the Internet, reports the public network ABC.
The authorities assured that he “acted alone” while they have opened an investigation into the event.
“Members of the Muslim community of Australia Occidental, who were concerned about his behavior, contacted the Police before the incident and thank them for their help. Our Police responded in a matter of minutes,” said the head of the regional government, Roger Cookon Facebook.
For his part, the Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony AlbaneseDuring a press conference, he thanked the Police for their actions and assured that “violent extremism has no place in Australia.”
Last night’s incident occurs after the knife attack by a young man against a bishop on April 15 in an Assyrian church in Sydney, which ended with the religious injured and the suspect detained in an event classified by the Police as “terrorist”.
This attack in Sydney was followed by an anti-terrorist operation for which seven teenagers were arrested.
On April 13, a knife attack was also recorded in a Sydney shopping center, which left seven dead, including the perpetrator – who suffered from schizophrenia – killed by authorities, who are investigating whether it was an attack directed against women.