Teenager shot dead by police in Australia

Teenager shot dead by police in Australia

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A 16-year-old boy was shot dead by police in Perth, Australia, after he attacked a man with a knife in the parking lot of a hardware store.

In Australia, police shot and killed a 16-year-old boy after he attacked a man with a knife in the parking lot of a hardware store in the suburb of Willeton. This was reported by AP, according to UNN.

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On Sunday, a 16-year-old boy was shot dead by police in Perth on Australia's west coast. The incident occurred after the sixteen-year-old attacked a man with a knife in the parking lot of a hardware store in the suburb of Willeton on Saturday night.

Western Australian Prime Minister Roger Cook said that the teenager allegedly attacked a man and then lunged at police before being shot dead.

There are signs that he was radicalized online. But I want to reassure the public that at this stage it looks like he acted alone

- said  Roger Cook.