Brisbane child accused of school stabbing allegedly faced ‘racist’ abuse, court hears

According to The Guardian, a court in Brisbane has heard that a sixteen-year-old accused of stabbing a fellow student had allegedly endured months of racist abuse and threats. The child was arrested after allegedly stabbing a seventeen-year-old schoolmate on Tuesday. A police prosecutor told the court the alleged attack may have been motivated by a social media post, leaving the case now before the courts to weigh what led up to it.

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