Crime
Final text of slain ‘radicalised’ Perth schoolboy revealed
The 16-year-old student was killed in a Bunnings car park after stabbing a stranger in the back with a large kitchen knife, and then chasing and lunging at police.
- by Heather McNeill and Michael Genovese
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Rossmoyne principal offers support to students after Willetton shooting
The principal wrote to parents and carers to inform them “with great sadness” that a young person from the school had died.
- by Michael Genovese and Jamie Freestone
‘It’s shocking’: Perth Ahmadiyya Muslim community concerned about Islamophobia after radicalised teen stabbing
Imam Syed Wadood Janud spoke on behalf of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community on Sunday in response to the news that a radicalised 16-year-old boy stabbed a member of the public on Saturday night in Willetton before being shot dead by police.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Third man allegedly linked to horrific Perth home invasion arrested
WA Police have arrested and charged a third man allegedly involved in the violent home invasion against an elderly Girrawheen couple two weeks ago.
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Police
‘Radicalised teen’ shot dead by police in Willetton after stabbing
A “radicalised” teenage boy has been shot dead by police following an “extremely confronting” incident in Willetton on Saturday night.
- by Heather McNeill, Hamish Hastie and Rebecca Peppiatt
Giles takes swipe at community protection board as pressure builds over handling of detainees
The immigration minister has taken a veiled swipe at a government-appointed panel of experts who gave advice about a former detainee who is then alleged to have committed a violent assault.
- by Angus Thompson, Olivia Ireland and Rebecca Peppiatt
Second WA detainee allegedly re-offends months after High Court release
The man is accused of aggravated burglary. The discovery of his case comes amid ongoing controversy over the release of another former detainee.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt and Heather McNeill
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Police
WA’s top cop denies police ignored alleged murder victim’s triple-zero calls in days before her death
WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch has backed a police decision not to attend the Yangebup home of Joan Mary Drane 48 hours before her son allegedly murdered her.
- by Hamish Hastie
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High Court of Australia
Commonwealth prosecutor feared detainee would reoffend before home invasion
A Commonwealth prosecutor twice raised fears a former immigration detainee would reoffend but did not oppose bail in the months before the man was accused of a brutal home invasion.
- by Heather McNeill, Angus Thompson and Hamish Hastie
Second WA detainee back before the courts after release under controversial High Court ruling
Kimbengere Gosoge is the second former immigration detainee to have allegedly reoffended soon after their controversial release under a High Court ruling last November.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt, Heather McNeill and Hamish Hastie