(NCA NewsWire) The Hindu Council of Australia wants prayer rooms removed from public schools due to fears they could be used to promote “radical ideologies.”
A 16-year-old boy was shot dead by police last Saturday night after he stabbed a man in the back at the Willetton Bunnings carpark, in Perth’s south.
Police shot the boy after he ran towards officers with a knife and tasers were not successful.
It was later revealed that parents of another student at Rossmoyne Senior High School, where the boy attended, said they had sent a letter outlining concerns about the boy to police.
In the letter, the parents claimed they had previously reported to the school that their child had been “forced” to attend the school’s prayer room, “which he declined.”
