New South Wales state Police conduct search at the scene of an alleged stabbing at Sydney University, in Sydney, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. A 14-year-old boy dressed in military clothing was arrested after stabbing a 22-year-old student in the neck at Sydney University, police alleged. New South Wales Police Acting Assistant Commissioner Mark Walton addresses the media in Sydney, Tuesday, July 2, 2024.
“A motive or ideology importantly has not been determined at this time,” Walton told reporters. The New South Wales Joint Counterterrorism Committee was investigating the matter, but there was no ongoing threat to the community, Walton said. Walton said the boy had worn a “camouflage defense force uniform” and left a kitchen knife at the scene.