Perth teenager charged with murdering his mother and attempting to kill sister

A sixteen-year-old boy in Perth has been charged with murdering his mother and attempting to kill his younger sister, The Guardian reports. Police were called to a home in Bentley, in the city's south-east, on Tuesday morning, where a woman was found dead and a seriously injured girl was found on a nearby highway. The boy allegedly killed his mother with a knife and stabbed his little sister, who managed to flee to get help, The Guardian says. He was charged on Wednesday with one count of murder and one count of attempting to unlawfully kill.

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