Several people stabbed in Australian city of Melbourne - police

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Several people stabbed in Australian city of Melbourne - police

By Tom Westbrook and Sonali Paul

 

Policemen block members of the public from walking towards the Bourke Street mall in central Melbourne, Australia, November 9, 2018. REUTERS/Sonali Paul

 

SYDNEY/MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Several people were stabbed in the Australian city of Melbourne on Friday and a man was arrested after an incident in the centre of the city crowded with pedestrians and shoppers.

 

"Police initially responded to a report of a car on fire ... a man was arrested at the scene and has been taken to hospital under police guard in a critical condition," Victoria state police said in statement.

 

"A small number of people are being treated for stab wounds."

 

Further details are unclear however video posted to Twitter and broadcast on television showed a man repeatedly swinging an object at two police officers. One of the officers raises his weapon, a shot is heard and the man falls to the ground clutching his chest.

 

Victoria's ambulance service said that three injured people were being treated at the scene. A Reuters witness said that the city centre was closed off by police and that dozens of officers were patrolling.

 

It is not clear if the incident is terror-related. Australia has been on heightened alert from 2015 for attacks by home-grown militants returning from fighting in the Middle East.

 

The street where the car caught fire was the scene in January 2017 of a fatal but not terror-related incident in which a man drove his car at pedestrians at high speed, killing six people and wounding about 30.

 

(Reporting by Tom Westbrook in SYDNEY and Sonali Paul in MELBOURNE; Editing by Michael Perry)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-11-09

[DoctorG]

I person died from stab wounds.

2 others stabbed but probably will be ok.

Somali perp died of single gunshot wound.

Family known to local and anti-terror police.

[Becker]

I'd say that the restrictive Australian gun laws are a success. Imagine the carnage if he had been able to just walk into a store and buy a semi-automatic rifle.

[Juan B Tong]

This is the "Trolley-man" incident.

An Asian looking man got involved in the fray with a supermarket grocery cart.

 

[attrayant]

Good thing it wasn't a semi-automatic knife.

[Ron19]

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[Aussieroaming]

Condolences to the victims.

[bert bloggs]

Such a shame , but the more civilized countrys do seem hell bent on importing people like this from the less civilized regions of the world , i fear it will eventually really all end in tragedy ,

[Ron19]

 

[White Christmas13]

yes 2 died including the knife wielding attacker

[White Christmas13]

ISIS claims responsibility

[Lokie]

Pity the bloke with the chair couldn't have put it right over the POS's head before he got shot, good to see the b a $ tard suffered a bit before he died... At least the Ozzies don't have to pay to feed him or waste any money with court processes when all the bleeding hearts start wanting to defend his human rights.

 

Well done Vic Police!

 

Swift recovery to the injured

 

R I P to the innocent

[kkerry]

Many people, myself included, have had coffee and a bite to eat at Pellegrini's, one of the oldest and best known places you go to in Melbourne. The very popular co-owner was the man murdered. ????   

 

Cafe owner Sisto Malaspina killed by Bourke Street terrorist

 

One man comes to Australia and makes a good life, loved and respected by many... another can only become a terrorist... ????

 

 

[Thechook]

My condolences to this poor young police officer who fired that fatal shot.  10 weeks out of the academy and he is going to live this over and over.  Don't be afraid to speak out young man or it could destroy you.