Australia -- Police in the southern Australian city of Melbourne fatally shot a 15-year-old boy in a skate park after officers said he threatened them with knives.
Police said the boy, whose identity has not been released, continued to approach them Thursday night even after they fired warning shots and twice hit him with pepper spray. Several officers fired at him, hitting him in the chest. He died at the scene.
The shooting comes less than a week after police in Athens, Greece, fatally shot a 15-year-old boy, sparking massive riots.
Police in Melbourne were called to the park after several people reported seeing a young man behaving erratically, Victoria state police Assistant Commissioner Tim Cartwright said.
The teen had stolen knives from a nearby department store earlier in the day, Cartwright said.
"He was irrational. He was yelling and screaming and, as far as we can tell, armed with two knives at that stage," Cartwright told reporters.
The situation was a tragedy, but police acted appropriately, Cartwright said.
Homicide detectives will investigate the shooting on behalf of the state coroner, under the supervision of the police's ethical standards unit, Cartwright said.
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