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Australian police shoot armed teenager after stabbing attack that that had "hallmarks" of terror [Post Updated #82]
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Australian police shoot armed teenager after stabbing attack that that had "hallmarks" of terror
Australian police shot and killed a 16-year-old boy armed with a knife after he stabbed a man in an attack that had the "hallmarks" of terror, officials said Sunday.
The incident occurred in the parking lot of a hardware store in Willetton, a suburb in the west coast city of Perth, on Saturday night.
Police said they received an emergency phone call after 10 p.m. from a teenager saying he was going to commit acts of violence, Western Australian Police Commission Col Blanch said in a news conference Sunday.
Police said they were later alerted by a phone call from a member of the public that a knife attack was underway in the parking lot. Three police officers responded, one armed with a gun and two with conducted energy devices.
The teen, who was only described as a 16-year-old Caucasian male, attacked the man and then rushed at police officers before he was shot.
Police deployed both conducted energy devices but they failed to incapacitate the boy before he was killed by a single gunshot, Blanch said.
A man in his 30s was found at the scene with a stab wound to his back. He was taken to a hospital in serious but stable condition, a police statement said.
Blanch said the incident had the "hallmarks" of a terrorist attack, adding that it "meets the criteria or at least definition" of this type of crime.
He said members of the local Muslim community had raised concerns with police about the boy's behavior before he was killed on Saturday.
The teenager had been participating in a program for young people at risk of radicalization, Blanch added.
"There are indications he had been radicalized online," said Western Australian Premier Roger Cook during a news conference.
"But I want to reassure the community at this stage it appears that he acted solely and alone," Cook added.
Police and Australian Security Intelligence Organization agents have been conducting a counterterrorism investigation in the east coast city of Sydney since another 16-year-old boy stabbed an Assyrian Orthodox bishop and priest in a church on April 15.
That boy has been charged with committing a terrorist act. Six of his alleged associates have also been charged with a range of offenses, including conspiring to engage in or planning a terrorist act. All remain in custody.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, that he had been briefed on the latest stabbing in Perth by Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw and ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess, who heads the nation's main domestic spy agency.
"I'm advised there is no ongoing threat to the community on the information available," Albanese said.
"We are a peace-loving nation and there is no place for violent extremism in Australia," he added.
The Imam of Perth's largest mosque, the Nasir Mosque, condemned the stabbing.
"There is no place for violence in Islam," Imam Syed Wadood Janud said in a statement.
"We appreciate the effort of the police to keep our communities safe. I also want to commend the local Muslim community who had flagged the individual prior with the police," Wadood added.
Some Muslim leaders have criticized Australian police for declaring last month's church stabbing a terrorist act but not a rampage two days earlier in a Sydney shopping mall in which six people were killed and a dozen wounded. The 40-year-old attacker in the mall attack was shot dead by police. Police have yet to reveal the man's motive.
The church attack is only the third to be classified by Australian authorities as a terrorist act since 2018.
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. The shooters were later killed by police.
In November 2018, a Somalia-born Muslim stabbed three pedestrians in downtown Melbourne, killing one, before police shot him dead.
Australian police shoot armed teenager after stabbing attack that that had "hallmarks" of terror
The incident occurred in the parking lot of a hardware store in Willetton, a suburb in the west coast city of Perth, on Saturday night.
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Bondi attacker stabbed 16 in three minutes, inquiry told
It took just three minutes for Joel Cauchi to fatally stab six people and injure 10 more during a rampage at a popular Sydney shopping centre, an inquest into the attack has been told.
The New South Wales Coroner's Court heard on Tuesday that Cauchi, 40, was knife-obsessed and had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, but had come off his medication and was homeless at the time of the incident.
The inquiry also heard that no alarm sounded inside the centre until after Cauchi had been shot dead by police.
The incident on 13 April devastated Australia, where mass murder is rare, and prompted a national conversation about gendered violence.
All up, 14 of the 16 people stabbed that day were female - including five of the six who were killed, and a nine-month-old baby. The NSW police commissioner said at the time that it was "obvious" Cauchi had targeted women.
Tuesday's hearing laid out the areas of focus for an extensive inquiry which is due to begin in full in April 2025. The investigation will look into possible security lapses and failings in the mental health systems in NSW and Queensland, Cauchi's home state.
Speaking in court, Dr Peggy Dwyer SC, the counsel assisting the coroner, said Cauchi had been off his psychotropic medication since 2019, despite authorities being repeatedly warned of his deteriorating state. Cauchi had come "to the attention" of Queensland police several times, she said.
In her statement, Dwyer also provided the first detailed timeline of how the violence actually unfolded in Bondi that day.
She said that Cauchi - who had been sleeping rough in the suburb of Maroubra on the morning of the attack - entered Westfield shopping centre around 15.30 (local), and began stabbing people roughly three minutes later, after removing his knife in line at a bakery.
His first victim was Dawn Singleton, 25, followed by 47-year-old Jade Young and 25-year-old Yixuan Cheng. He then attacked Ashlee Good, 38, from behind.
Good - who has been described by her family as an "all-round outstanding human" - then saw Cauchi stabbing her nine-month-old baby girl in her pram, and was further wounded trying to save the child's life, the court heard.
Faraz Tahir, a 30-year-old security guard, was stabbed next, alongside a colleague. Onlookers at the time said he died "trying to save others".
Cauchi fatally stabbed Pikria Darchia, 55, before being shot dead by NSW Police Insp Amy Scott, who had been on duty close by. Between the moment Insp Scott arrived and the moment she killed Cauchi just over a minute had passed, the court heard.
In total, the attack lasted for five minutes and 43 seconds - yet no alarm sounded during that time.
"It’s presently unclear why it took so long for the alarm to sound," Dwyer said.
Before opening the hearing, state coroner Teresa O’Sullivan acknowledged the pain and loss the broader community was still feeling as a result of the violence.
"I offer my sincere condolences to the family and loved ones who are here in court today as well as those who can’t be here in person," she told the court, according to the Guardian Australia.
"It’s important to me and my assisting team… that you feel safe, you feel heard and you feel cared for throughout this proceeding."
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It took just three minutes for Joel Cauchi to fatally stab six people and injure 10 more during a rampage at a popular Sydney shopping centre, an inquest into the attack has been told.
The New South Wales Coroner's Court heard on Tuesday that Cauchi, 40, was knife-obsessed and had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, but had come off his medication and was homeless at the time of the incident.
The inquiry also heard that no alarm sounded inside the centre until after Cauchi had been shot dead by police.
The incident on 13 April devastated Australia, where mass murder is rare, and prompted a national conversation about gendered violence.
All up, 14 of the 16 people stabbed that day were female - including five of the six who were killed, and a nine-month-old baby. The NSW police commissioner said at the time that it was "obvious" Cauchi had targeted women.
Tuesday's hearing laid out the areas of focus for an extensive inquiry which is due to begin in full in April 2025. The investigation will look into possible security lapses and failings in the mental health systems in NSW and Queensland, Cauchi's home state.
Speaking in court, Dr Peggy Dwyer SC, the counsel assisting the coroner, said Cauchi had been off his psychotropic medication since 2019, despite authorities being repeatedly warned of his deteriorating state. Cauchi had come "to the attention" of Queensland police several times, she said.
In her statement, Dwyer also provided the first detailed timeline of how the violence actually unfolded in Bondi that day.
She said that Cauchi - who had been sleeping rough in the suburb of Maroubra on the morning of the attack - entered Westfield shopping centre around 15.30 (local), and began stabbing people roughly three minutes later, after removing his knife in line at a bakery.
His first victim was Dawn Singleton, 25, followed by 47-year-old Jade Young and 25-year-old Yixuan Cheng. He then attacked Ashlee Good, 38, from behind.
Good - who has been described by her family as an "all-round outstanding human" - then saw Cauchi stabbing her nine-month-old baby girl in her pram, and was further wounded trying to save the child's life, the court heard.
Faraz Tahir, a 30-year-old security guard, was stabbed next, alongside a colleague. Onlookers at the time said he died "trying to save others".
Cauchi fatally stabbed Pikria Darchia, 55, before being shot dead by NSW Police Insp Amy Scott, who had been on duty close by. Between the moment Insp Scott arrived and the moment she killed Cauchi just over a minute had passed, the court heard.
In total, the attack lasted for five minutes and 43 seconds - yet no alarm sounded during that time.
"It’s presently unclear why it took so long for the alarm to sound," Dwyer said.
Before opening the hearing, state coroner Teresa O’Sullivan acknowledged the pain and loss the broader community was still feeling as a result of the violence.
"I offer my sincere condolences to the family and loved ones who are here in court today as well as those who can’t be here in person," she told the court, according to the Guardian Australia.
"It’s important to me and my assisting team… that you feel safe, you feel heard and you feel cared for throughout this proceeding."
BBC
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