{"id":611,"date":"2026-04-28T20:07:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T20:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/611\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T20:07:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T20:07:49","slug":"teenager-in-critical-condition-after-alleged-stabbing-on-bus-in-perths-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/611\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenager in critical condition after alleged stabbing on bus in Perth&#8217;s north"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police have charged a 16-year-old boy for allegedly stabbing another teenager during a fight on a bus in Perth&#8217;s north.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The victim, who is also 16, was taken to Royal Perth Hospital, where he is in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The front of Royal Perth Hospital with an ambulance bay and flags.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/119f592f8b80af765fbb5dc07f73d655.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The victim is in critical, but stable, condition at Royal Perth Hospital. (ABC News: Glyn Jones)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">In a statement, police said the alleged stabbing occurred on Saturday while the bus was travelling along Grand Boulevard in Joondalup, when an altercation began between a group of juveniles and the 16-year-old male victim.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A close up of a bus\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3c2f9bcc5b6f85e58669ee35d733aee2.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The alleged stabbing took place while the bus was driving along Grand Boulevard in Joondalup. (ABC News: Glyn Jones)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police said the group and the victim then left the bus before he collapsed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Joondalup detectives have since charged a teenage boy with one count of intent to cause grievous bodily harm or prevent arrest, wounded or caused grievous bodily harm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He was due to face the Perth Children&#8217;s Court on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A bus pulls into a bus stop \" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4a0109b1e958b884ab52c779d3701b5b.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The boy who was allegedly stabbed got off at this Joondalup bus stop before collapsing. (ABC News: Glyn Jones\u00a0)<\/p>\n<p>Tougher knife laws<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\"><a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/production.preview.presentation-layer.abc-prod.net.au\/application\/news\/2024-12-18\/wa-knife-laws-set-to-take-effect-explainer\/104736114\" data-component=\"Link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The WA government introduced stricter knife laws in December 2024<\/a>, with tougher control around edged weapons and additional powers for police to scan people for concealed weapons without a warrant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">State government minister Don Punch said the alleged incident on Saturday was an &#8220;appalling act&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A man in a colourful tie speaks to reporters\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/af1828f558807d829b1dcb58fd214f37.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Don Punch says the government wants a safe community. (ABC News: Briana Shepherd)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve taken action in legislation in relation to carrying of knives, but we&#8217;ve just got to make sure \u2014 we want to live in a safe community,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;We want people to be able to go out and enjoy themselves and not be threatened.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police have charged a 16-year-old boy for allegedly stabbing another teenager during a fight on a bus in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1330,1328,1327,335,463,1329,464],"class_list":{"0":"post-611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-perth","8":"tag-fight-on-bus","9":"tag-news-perth","10":"tag-news-wa","11":"tag-perth","12":"tag-perth-news","13":"tag-stabbing","14":"tag-wa-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}