Questions have been raised about the effectiveness of deradicalisation programs after a university student was stabbed in the neck by a year-old boy who was charged with planning a terrorist attack at a school last year. The teenager, wearing an army camouflage uniform, walked up behind the year-old man and allegedly stabbed him in the neck and back near the main entrance of the University of Sydney on Tuesday morning. The teenager, having injured his hand in the alleged attack, was detained when he was catching a bus to the very same hospital where his victim was being treated.
It has been revealed the year-old was charged with planning a terrorist attack at an inner-city school in Sydney last September. He allegedly made violent threats to his classmates that mentioned the Christchurch mosque shooting in New Zealand in , which left 51 people dead. The charges were dismissed in Surry Hills Children's Court on mental health grounds in February of this year, and the teen entered a deradicalisation program.
Sunrise host Natalia Barr asked former police detective Peter Moroney on Wednesday morning if ongoing support and monitoring was needed at the conclusion of such programs.
Barr asked former police detective Peter Moroney if deradicalisation programs were working after a year-old boy, who was known to police, stabbed a year-old student on Tuesday. Paramedics rushed to the university at about 8. Because this kid was only in one five months ago I think. We want to know as the average taxpayer are they working? Are they doing what they should be doing? Mr Moroney said the programs could be effective but further monitoring was vital.
Pictured is the yer-old boy arriving at the university in a army-style camouflage uniform. Forensics are seen scouring the entrance of the university for clues on Tuesday. NSW Police sources told media that terror is a likely motive for the attack. Photos of the deserted campus showed a backpack and a puffer jacket discarded at the entrance beside what appeared to be a bloodstain. Sydney University Vice Chancellor Mark Scott said he was 'shocked and saddened' by the incident said the victim's family had been offered support.
