World News | Boy Accused of Stabbing Student at Sydney University Has Faced Previous Charges, Officials Say
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. A state government minister said on Wednesday a 14-year-old boy accused of stabbing a student at the University of Sydney has faced charges that were dismissed by a court, while newspapers reported he was accused of threatening to shoot fellow students.
Melbourne, Jul 3 (AP) A state government minister said on Wednesday a 14-year-old boy accused of stabbing a student at the University of Sydney has faced charges that were dismissed by a court, while newspapers reported he was accused of threatening to shoot fellow students.
The boy remained at a Sydney hospital for a mental health assessment the day after the early Tuesday attack, New South Wales Police Minister Yasmin Catley said.
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“We have to make sure that we wrap services and support around these kids who are being radicalised online and their families,” Catley told Australian Broadcasting Corp.
Police say the boy took a bus from the site of the stabbing to the hospital seeking treatment for a cut on his hand. He was arrested at the hospital.
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The 22-year-old student who was stabbed once in the neck was discharged from the same hospital overnight, Catley said.
The boy wore military clothing and used a kitchen knife in the attack, police allege.
Catley said the suspect was charged by police last year and a court dismissed the charges. She added that he had been attending a Department of Communities and Justice programme, which news media have described as a deradicalisation programme.
Sydney's The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported, citing unnamed sources, that the suspect was charged last year with threatening to shoot fellow students at his Sydney school and with threatening to engage in self-harm, but a magistrate dismissed the charges in February on mental health grounds.
Police have yet to determine a motive or file charges. (AP)
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