The 16-year-old Rossmoyne High School student had been placed in a special program to counter violent extremism two years ago.
at the weekend was a self-confessed jihadist who had previously used a battery to cause an explosion in the school toilet block.
"Peace be upon the Messenger of God. May his peace, mercy, and blessings be upon you," he wrote in Arabic. As the teenager approached them in the car park, officers discharged their Tasers twice before one fired the fatal shot. "He had a lot of friends and was well known and was a very kind and genuine person and I wouldn't think he would have done something like this.A parent said he was a "very kind-hearted and helpful child".However, concerns had been raised on multiple occasions about the boy's behaviour, and parents said he had blown up a lithium-ion battery in the school toilets.
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