Perth stabbing: police shoot dead boy, 16, after alleged attack that has ‘hallmarks’ of terror incident

Western Australian police say they have shot and killed a teenager who allegedly attacked a man in a Perth car park on Saturday night.

WA’s CVE was based on work undertaken by Anne Aly – who is now the federal youth minister – and programs used to deradicalise neo-Nazis overseas.

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The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, said he had spoken to Cook and received briefings from police and the Australian intelligence agency Asio.

Perth imam Wadood Janud, of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in WA, said on Sunday he condemned the alleged attack “in the harshest terms possible”.

Adelaide imam Kamran Tahir, who previously served in Perth, on Sunday condemned the alleged attack “in the strongest terms”.