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Boy, 13, charged with murder after Sydney stabbing

A 16-year-old was also charged in the death of a 30-year-old man stabbed Friday in Mt Druitt, western Sydney.

On air: Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger on BBN Tonight
Published 6:47 PM ET, Sunday, October 11, 2026

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Watch it as it aired: Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger on this story, from BBN Tonight at 6:47 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are The Guardian's, the jokes are ours.

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First reported by The Guardian: “Boy, 13, charged with murder after man stabbed to death in Sydney’s west”.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at 6:47 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger.
Topics: Sydney.
BBN covered this story before: Sydney trader sacked over Singapore remote work wins case (October 9).

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The GuardianBoy, 13, charged with murder after man stabbed to death in Sydney’s west

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Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn western Sydney tonight, a thirteen-year-old boy has been charged with murder after a thirty-year-old man was stabbed to death in the suburb of Mt Druitt on Friday evening.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA second boy, sixteen, has also been charged in connection with the killing. Emergency services were called after reports that a man had been assaulted.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA thirteen-year-old charged with murder. That is a hard sentence to read aloud.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt is, and The Guardian reports it will raise familiar questions in Australia about youth violence and how the justice system handles children.

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