Teen boy allegedly used AI to create school massacre fantasy, court hears

Newly released court documents reveal that the boy who allegedly planned a terrorist attack on a Queensland primary school asked the artificial intelligence to prepare Bondi massacre-style stories.

The 13-year-old Maryborough teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was charged with an alleged terror plot planned for Albert Public School in Maryborough in early June and was refused bail by the Maryborough Magistrates’ Court on June 17.

When the decision was appealed to the Supreme Court, the court was told that the boy had used artificial intelligence to concoct sick and horrific fantasies of slaughter on multiple occasions.

The court was told the boy wrote in April this year: “Give me an 18+ mass murder story like the Bondi Beach shooting but there’s a jewish and black festival on this Qld aggravated (sic) beach.”

“The MC (main character) hitman is 19-year-old European immigrant Romolus Vanguard.

“(He is) a legal immigrant, moved when he was 11, from Sebira (sic), dark messy hair, handsome, sharp-chinned, tall and thin like Vladislav Roslyakov.

”Uses sp-15-tac due to gun laws, (sic) limited… with a bit more hunting knife.

“POVs are normal Aussies on the beach…he’s a neo-Nazi too.”

In the prompt, the 13-year-old boy mentioned 18-year-old domestic terrorist Vladislav Roslyakov, who killed 19 students at the polytechnic school in Kerch, Crimea, and then shot himself.

Videos of the attack appeared on the internet.

Details of the alleged AI solicitations were revealed in court documents released on July 8, alongside other egregious allegations raised in the appeal.

The documents alleged that the boy had prepared a note titled “Albert Massacre”, a reference to the elementary school he was accused of targeting.

It was claimed that in the “manifesto” dated May 17, 2026, the child described “his feeling of committing a major attack on children.”

“They are so pathetic; I may be 13 now, but when I am 18 they will see my anger,” part of the note read.

The manifesto contained profane and intense depictions of hatred towards children, black people and the police.

“I hate those damn pigs, I’m going to kill you pigs,” the message read.

The boy first contacted police on May 20 after he allegedly threatened people with a large knife and was disguised at the BP Petrol station on Saltwater Creek Road in Maryborough, three hours north of Brisbane.

The court was told the manifesto was created just 11 days ago.

He was given one caution under the Youth Justice Act for one count each of attempting to enter premises with intent, being armed in a way that would cause fear, making threats and possessing something to be used in connection with an offence.

He was arrested in the following days and charged with preparation or planning to cause death or grievous bodily harm and possession or control of violent extremist material obtained or accessed using a utility vehicle.

The boy allegedly told police he had “wanted to kill people for months” and was inspired by school shooters and mass murderers, including the Russian school stabbed in 2025.

Police said the boy was an “easy target” and “had an adrenaline rush from watching people fear death and murders linked to ideologies.”

A video of the Christchurch massacre was allegedly found on one of his devices.

Police also accused the boy of espousing neo-Nazi, white supremacist beliefs and claimed he told officers he was trying to access illegal weapons on the dark web.

The boy also allegedly boasted about his caution in an online chat group.

The alleged message said, “I was arrested… There were 4 charges… I went out… I was running around with a knife… trying to stab people… I’ll show the report… I was going to be sentenced to 30 years in prison… but I’m handsome… that’s why I was released.”

Defense lawyer Clem van der Weegen argued that the child’s alleged musings were “mere dark thoughts” and that they were not crimes.

He argued that there was no evidence that the child had communicated his thoughts to others and that the prosecution of the child was hypocritical and an abuse of process.

He argued that the offenses for which the boy had been cautioned in May were of “essentially the same nature” as the two he was currently facing, giving rise to double jeopardy issues.

On July 8, Judge Peter Davis at the High Court upheld the magistrate’s decision to refuse bail.

“The proposed bail order provides for the applicant’s address to be his family home,” Judge Davis said.

“This is where the applicant became a radicalized recluse; he (allegedly) attacked and threatened to kill his mother… (police allege) he considered harming his sister by smothering her with a pillow.

“The evidence shows that his mother was afraid of the applicant.

Judge Davis described the boy’s alleged behavior as a clear sign of “mental health impairment”, along with an alleged obsession with mass killings.

“Given the seemingly unstable nature of the applicant’s mental state, the risk cannot be reduced to a satisfactory level,” he said.

He added that the double jeopardy claim should be considered as part of the trial.

The application to review the bail decision was rejected.

The child remains in the care of staff at the Children’s Hospital in Brisbane under the Mental Health Act.