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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Doherty

Perth boy, 16, shot dead by police had been suspended by school after assault on another student

Rossmoyne Senior High School main entrance and Administration area. Perth
The Perth student had also been referred to the Australian federal police two years ago after he set off a small improvised explosive in a school toilet. Photograph: Darren Hughes

A radicalised teenager shot dead by police in a Perth car park at the weekend after he had stabbed a man had been suspended from school one week earlier over an assault on another student.

Speaking on ABC Perth radio, the WA education department’s director general, Lisa Rogers, confirmed the 16-year-old school student was excluded from Rossmoyne Senior high school for several days.

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