The boy attack stabbed another man in an incident police said had the “hallmarks” of terrorism but was yet to be declared a terrorist act.
Western Australia police shot dead a “radicalized” 16-year-old boy on Saturday night after he stabbed a man in Perth.
State Premier Roger Cook said the teenager attacked a man and then “rushed” at police officers, armed with a kitchen knife.
The police responded by shooting him twice with Tasers before firing a single fatal shot.
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Why are “hallmarks”, “radicalized” and “rushed” all in quotes? I could see an argument for radicalized, but hallmarks of terrorism is pretty standard stuff, and rushing is just a basic English language verb, synonymous with running. Odd to emphasize them as quotes.
They are quotes surrounded by quotation marks.
The newspaper isn’t an authority on radicalization, they are quoting a source.
Then a lot more should be within quotes. How do they know he was armed with a knife, were they there watching?
Go learn about journalistic practices in headlines and titles.
A claim is a claim. The attacker “rushing” is no different from the attacker being armed with a “knife”. Both are quotes from the police.
Again, just go look up the standards.
Not sure why you’re trying to convince me it should be different, I’m not gonna change it even if I agreed.
You responded to me, I am defending my statement.
The article is inconsistent with standard practices, by only selectively putting quote marks around certain parts of officers claims. Apparently pointing this out bothers you.
No, you haven’t grasped the concept and I implored you to seek and authoritative source.
“attack stabbed”. He was really serious
Better source from Australia
an incident police said had the “hallmarks” of terrorism
Because the cops got a tip from a Muslim about a teen who at one point used the internet?
Uhh…?
Nah, I think it was the part where he stabbed a dude and then rushed at the cops afterwards.
Not just stabbed. Attack stabbed.
I don’t know, seems like an unfortunately common health crisis.
But “terrorism” sure gets clicks.
A stabbing is a stabbing. It’s not terrorism, and the article provided no evidence of any “radicalization”.
Media literacy?
He appears to have been radicalized. This other source shows his message that he posted to other people before the attack.
“Peace be upon the Messenger of God. May his peace, mercy, and blessings be upon you,” he wrote in Arabic.
“Brothers please forgive me for any time I have wronged you, I am going in the path of jihad tonight for the sake of Allah Azzawajal,” he then continued in English.
"I am a soldier of the Mujahideen of Al-Qaeda and take responsibility for the actions …
“If you have any illegal or jihadi things online or in real life please make sure to hide them.”
