Boy shot dead after Perth stabbing had no ties to Sydney teenagers – police

Western Australian Police Commissioner Col Blanch took a press conference over the shooting (Picture: AP)

A 16-year-old boy who was shot dead by police after stabbing a man in the Australian city of Perth had been part of a deradicalisation programme but had no links to an alleged network of teenage extremists in Sydney, authorities said.

The boy had participated in the federally funded Countering Violent Extremism scheme for two years but had no criminal record, Western Australia police minister Paul Papalia said.