MELBOURNE, Australia: A 16-year-old boy who was shot dead by police after stabbing a man in the western Australian city of Perth had been in a deradicalization program but had no links to an alleged network of teen extremists in the eastern city of Sydney, authorities said.
Western Australia Police Minister Paul Papalia said on Monday the boy had participated in the federally funded Countering Violent Extremism program for two years but had no criminal record.
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