{"id":629952,"date":"2026-04-25T12:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T12:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/629952\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T12:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T12:40:13","slug":"violent-joondalup-stabbing-on-public-bus-leaves-teenager-in-critical-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/629952\/","title":{"rendered":"Violent Joondalup stabbing on public bus leaves teenager in critical condition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">A teenager is in a critical condition after he was dragged off a bus, stabbed and left for dead in Joondalup on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Emergency services were called to the scene around 4pm on Grand Boulevard near Boas Ave, forcing a stretch of the road to be closed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Witnesses reported that a group of young men also smashed multiple windows on the bus during the attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Two other teenagers who were nearby fled the scene and sought refuge at a nearby home, reportedly shaken and terrified by the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">St John Ambulance crews arrived within five minutes of the call, dispatching multiple vehicles to manage the situation.<\/p>\n<p>WA&#8217;s biggest courts and crime stories to your inbox<\/p>\n<p>Sign-up to our weekly newsletter for free<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"css-k3bdon-StyledButton eugwi9o0\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.mail.wanews.com.au\/thewest_newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sign up<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The stabbed boy was found unconscious and in a critical state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">He was transported under Priority 1 conditions to Joondalup Health Campus before being transferred to Royal Perth Hospital for further treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">He remains in a critical condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">A second teenage boy was also taken to Joondalup Health Campus with minor injuries, he has since been discharged<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Police were at the incident and unavailable for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">No arrests have been confirmed at this stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">More to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A teenager is in a critical condition after he was dragged off a bus, stabbed and left for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,48,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-629952","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}