Police in Western Australia shot dead a radicalised 16-year-old boy who stabbed a man in a car park in Perth, the news agency AFP reported on Sunday (May 5) citing authorities.

Police in Western Australia shot dead a radicalised 16-year-old boy who stabbed a man in a car park in Perth, the news agency AFP reported on Sunday (May 5) citing authorities. According to the police, the teen rushed at the police who responded by shooting him twice with Tasers before firing a single fatal shot. "There are indications he had been radicalised online. But I want to reassure the community at this stage it appears he acted solely and alone," Premier Roger Cook said. Also read | Australian police arrest 7 teen extremists linked to Sydney church stabbing The middle-aged man who was stabbed was in a serious but stable condition and appeared to be doing well, Western Australia Police Commissioner Col Blanch told reporters. How did the stabbing unfold During the press conference, Banch said that police received a call late Saturday from a male warning that he was going to commit acts of violence. The caller did not give his name or location, Banch added. Within minutes, another emergency call alerted police that a "male with a knife was running around the car park" in Willetton, a southern suburb of Perth, Banch further said. Police body camera images showed the teenager refused officers' demands that he put down the knife, the commissioner added. Cops fired two Tasers at the 16-year-old but both of them did not have the full desired effect, Blanch pointed out. The teenager then continued to advance on the third officer with a firearm who fired a single shot and fatally wounded the man. The boy died in a hospital later on Saturday. 'Attacker had mental, online radicalisation issues' Banch also told reporters that the teenager had "mental issues but also online radicalisation issues." The attacker had for the past couple of years been part of a "countering violence extremism programme" for people who show signs of "religious or issues-motivated" concerns, he said. This attack in Perth came less than a month after a knife-wielding assailant killed six people in a shopping mall in Sydney. The mentally ill knifeman, 40-year-old Joel Cauchi, was tracked down, shot and killed by a police inspector. (With inputs from agencies)

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Australian police shoot dead radicalised teen who stabbed a man in Perth