Boy dies, two stabbed after teens brawl

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published December 8, 2017

WA Police are expected to arrest more people in coming days following a large brawl in which a 17-year-old boy died after being mowed down by a car in the Perth suburb of Canning Vale.

PERTH, Dec 8 - Two people were stabbed, one suffering serious injuries, while police said five people were in hospital with ...

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