The terrorism risk and radicalised teens

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There have been two knife attacks within just weeks of each other that are being linked to terrorism.

One was a church in Sydney and the other outside a Bunnings in Perth on the weekend.

Both involved teenage boys. So, what’s going on?

Today, investigative reporter Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop on the radicalisation of vulnerable young people and whether programs to stop it are working.

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Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop, ABC investigative reporter

Editor’s note: The WA Education Department has confirmed the incident involving an explosive device in a school toilet happened in 2022, before the boy was put on the countering violent extremism program.