Teen allegedly planned ‘murder-suicide' against fellow students, caught with weapons
The Northern Rivers teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, allegedly engaged in troubling behaviour over several months earlier this year, showing fellow students photos of a 9mm Glock pistol he was attempting to source from the 'dark web' to kill fellow students and videos of a man cutting his penis off before stabbing himself.
On Instagram, he allegedly advertised a flamethrower – demonstrating it with a video of him setting fire to his bed – and boasted about owning a Taser and slingshot.
The disturbing behaviour culminated in police responding to multiple reports that he was going to stab another student and then himself on March 18 after he'd allegedly made threats via messaging platform Snapchat. Officers say they found him in a heightened state, and he pointed a knife 20 centimetres away from their faces, before dropping the weapon after police drew a Taser.
The troubling allegations were outlined in documents tendered to the Supreme Court as the boy was granted bail.
According to the police fact sheet, the boy is 'described as a bright intelligent student with great potential' whose behavioural issues began after he moved from his mother's house to his grandparents' home near Tweed Heads in March due to 'ongoing conflict' with his mother's partner.
School management allegedly grew concerned about the boy forcing various students to watch 'violent material' and texting 'suicidal and homicidal ideations' to his girlfriend, including his desire to shoot his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend in a 'murder-suicide plan'.
Over the next month, the teenager was detained multiple times under the Mental Health Act. He is accused of threatening to burn down the house of his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend, showing up to their houses unannounced and threatening to kill them.
'[He was] actively searching for weapons such as firearms on the 'Dark Web' and regularly speaking about killing both parties,' the fact sheet reads.
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