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Boy might’ve been groomed by terrorists ‘half a planet away’

A terrorism expert says he expects the stabbing of an innocent bystander by a radicalised teenager who was shot dead by police at the weekend will be declared a terror incident.

Bethany Hiatt

WA NEWSKnife horror as Perth hit with multiple attacks across city

Police are investigating multiple knife incidents on Wednesday, including an attack in the CBD which sent a man in his 20s to hospital.

Caleb Runciman

Police PremiumThree minute response to Willetton horror saved lives: Union

The lightning fast response provided by police to the Willetton stabbing on Saturday night potentially saved other lives, says WA Police Union boss Paul Gale.

Phil Hickey

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REVEALED: What Perth teen told cops moments before shooting

New details about a triple-0 call made to police by a radicalised teenager shortly before he was shot dead by officers on Saturday night are beginning to emerge.

Phil Hickey

CrimePremiumCops seize ‘key evidence’ in knife attack, fatal shooting

WA’s top cop has given an update on the evidence police have seized so far in connection to a radicalised 16-year-old boy who was shot dead by police at the weekend.

Phil Hickey

WA NEWSWelfare concerns for 58yo woman missing for almost a week

Police are urgently seeking the public's help to locate a 58-year-old woman who has not been seen or heard from for almost a week.

Lauren Price

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Five rushed to hospital following major multi-car crash

Five people have been taken to hospital — including two children — following a serious crash in Perth’s north-eastern suburbs.

Phil Hickey

CrimeTributes for missing brothers after reports of bodies found

Heartbreaking tributes are flooding social media in relation to missing WA brothers Callum and Jake Robinson, amid revelations authorities in Mexico have found several bodies in their search for the siblings.

Phil Hickey

CrimePremiumInternal probe into Yangbeup murder tragedy confirmed

Police will launch an internal investigation – in parallel to a homicide squad probe – following revelations officers didn’t attend the home of a Perth woman who called police shortly before her alleged murder.

Phil Hickey

CrimePremiumTop cop backs decision not to send officers before ‘murder’

WA’s top cop has backed a decision not to send police officers to the home of a Perth woman who called police shortly before her alleged murder.

Phil Hickey and Josh Zimmerman

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Mum allegedly left to be killed after cops refused call-outs

A Perth woman allegedly murdered by her own son called the cops just hours before her death because she was concerned he was behaving erratically – but WA Police refused to attend.

Josh Zimmerman and Phil Hickey

Bikies PremiumTaxpayers to foot the bill after Troy Mercanti’s legal win

WA’s most notorious bikie Troy Mercanti has had a major win in a South Australian court, which will see taxpayers cop the bill.

Phil Hickey

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Homicide detectives look into sex worker’s hotel room death

Police are treating the death of a sex worker whose body was found in a Perth hotel room as a suspected homicide.

Phil Hickey

Courts & justicePremiumHow Kuwaiti charged with brutal crime dodged visa breach

A former immigration detainee had charges against him dropped after an embarrassing visa bungle before he allegedly attacked an elderly Girrawheen couple.

Rebecca Le May

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Dramatic arrest after man ‘pointed fake gun’ at Perth driver

A man has been charged over a terrifying ordeal where he allegedly tried to rob a petrol station before threatening an innocent driver with a replica firearm in Perth’s southern suburbs. 

Lauren Price and Phil Hickey

CrimePremiumGrim new details emerge in tragic Yangebup ‘murder’ probe

A woman’s body was discovered in Perth’s southern suburbs on Monday after horrified neighbours found bloody footprints near their home, it can be revealed.

Phil Hickey and Lauren Price

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REVEALED: How WA cops helped convict a US child sex predator

A joint investigation between WA Police and US Homeland Security officials has resulted in a substantial prison term for a US man who committed shocking online child sex crimes against a WA teen.

Phil Hickey

CrimePremiumFive-hour Byford police standoff ends with raft of charges

A 36-year-old man has been charged with a raft of offences, including breaching bail conditions, after a five-hour standoff with police on Saturday night in Byford.

Dylan Caporn

EmergencyPremium‘He’s got a knife’: Moment armed robbery unfolded at Myer

Police swarmed a shopping centre in Perth’s northern suburbs after reports of a person armed with a knife just two weeks after the Bondi Junction stabbings. 

Claire Sadler

CrimeVideoPremiumCCTV released as cops investigate shocking sex attack

Police have released CCTV footage as part of their ongoing investigation into a sexual assault in Midland last month.

Phil Hickey

CrimePremium‘I thought I was dying’: Home invasion victim speaks out

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. The victims of a Perth home invasion which sickened even the State’s top cop have bravely spoken out in an effort to help catch the three men who attacked them.

Phil Hickey

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‘Screaming heard’ before man’s death near Mandurah

Police are questioning a man in his 40s after another man was found unresponsive near a service station near Mandurah on Friday morning.

Phil Hickey and Lauren Price

Regional WAPremiumPolice rescue eight people missing in WA outback

Police have successfully rescued eight people who became stranded in ‘challenging terrain’ in the WA outback — marking the second major operation involving the Tjuntjuntjara Aboriginal community this year.

Caleb Runciman

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Family’s desperate vow for justice over workplace death

The heartbroken family of the young Italian killed in a horrific workplace accident have vowed to fight for ‘justice’ amid calls for his employer, Dallcon, to be charged with industrial manslaughter.

Tina Altieri and Josh Zimmerman