Australia police shoot dead 16-year-old boy armed with knife after he stabbed a man

A 16-year-old boy armed with a knife was shot dead by police after he stabbed a man in the Australian west coast city of Perth, officials said Sunday.

The incident occurred in the parking lot of a hardware store in suburban Willetton on Saturday night.The teen attacked the man and then rushed at



police officers before he was shot, Western Australian Premier Roger Cook told reporters on Sunday.

“There are indications he had been radicalized online,” Cook told a news conference.“But I want to reassure the community at this stage it appears that he acted solely and alone,” Cook added.