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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ben Doherty

Perth teenager shot dead in Bunnings car park warned police he would ‘commit acts of violence’

WA police commissioner Col Blanch
Willetton Perth stabbing: WA police commissioner Col Blanch said the 16-year-old teenager was one of ‘three or four’ under-18s in a deradicalisation program. Photograph: Richard Wainwright/AAP

The Perth teenager shot dead by police in a suburban car park after he stabbed a man rang police before the assault, warning he was going to “commit acts of violence” and told friends he was going “in the path of jihad”.

The 16-year-old teenager, who cannot be named, was shot dead in the car park of Bunnings Warehouse in Willetton, in Perth’s south, on Saturday night, after he stabbed a man in the back and then refused police orders to put down his knife.

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