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Counter-terrorism police investigating teenager after alleged university campus stabbing

A 14-year-old boy is being investigated by counter-terrorism police after a 22-year-old man was allegedly stabbed at the University of Sydney.

A group of police officers standing near crime scene police tape stretched across a road.

Police have established a crime scene at the University of Sydney's Camperdown campus. Source: AAP / Dan Himbrechts

A teenage boy wearing an Australian Defence Force uniform has been arrested after allegedly stabbing a man on the University of Sydney campus.

The New South Wales Joint Counter-Terrorism team are investigating the matter, but police say a motive has not been established.

The background: Ambulances were called to the site at inner-city Camperdown about 8.30am on Tuesday and found a 22-year-old man with stab wounds in the neck.

Police were told the alleged attacker got on a bus and a short time later, a 14-year-old boy was arrested near Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, which neighbours the university.
What else to know: The boy was known to police.

"This young person's activity is unknown, but I would say that it's likely to be categorised as mixed and unclear ideology," police assistant commissioner Mark Walton said.

"It's certainly not a religiously related ideology."

The injured man was taken to hospital in a stable condition.

Police said the teenager did not know the man before the alleged stabbing and had no links to the defence force or cadets.

What happens next: A crime scene has been established at the university campus and the alleged attacker is undergoing a mental health assessment.


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Published 2 July 2024 11:25am
Updated 2 July 2024 4:12pm
Source: AAP



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