Australia - Car explosion and stabbing incident, 1 Dead and 3 injured in Melbourne, 9 November 2018

[gregjrichards]

Breaking News

There has been a car explosion and stabbing incident on Bourke Street in Melbourne, Australia.

1 person is dead and there are two victims.

Press conference is happening soon.

Source Good Morning Britain.

 

[gregjrichards]

No terrorism links at this stage
Police have said there are no known links to terrorism at this time.

“The investigation is ongoing, we are keeping an open mind,” Superintendent David Clayton said.

“There are no known links to terrorism at this stage. We are keeping an open mind”.

He added that police were not looking for any other attackers at this stage.

The bomb response unit have cordoned off the area around the mall, and are “now making the scene safe”.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp....-police-incident-declared-after-car-in-flames

 

[Jennifer17]

Melbourne seems to get all the Aussie weirdos.

 

[gregjrichards]

The attacker was shot by police and he is in hospital in a critical condition.

Source Good Morning Britain.

 

[Jennifer17]

Just another poor put upon male, methinks.

 

[sleepinoz]

One dead, two injured after stabbing attack on Bourke Street

One person has been killed, and another two injured, after a man went on a stabbing frenzy in Bourke Street, Melbourne, this afternoon.

Video shows a man wielding what appears to be a knife and attacking a group of police officers near the intersection of Swanston Street about 4.20pm today.

The man is then shot in the chest by one of the officers.

 

[Morrisa]

Horrific. Awful videos all over social media. RIP to the man not coming home tonight.

 

[katydid23]

why did the car blow up in flames? Why stab people? I bet it ends up as terrorism, in the end.

 

[Morrisa]

why did the car blow up in flames? Why stab people? I bet it ends up as terrorism, in the end.

Supposedly a bomb, but so many conflicting witness accounts
Knifeman shot by police after one killed, two injured in Bourke Street attack

 

[sleepinoz]

Supposedly a bomb, but so many conflicting witness accounts
Knifeman shot by police after one killed, two injured in Bourke Street attack

From your link

Witnesses said the man began randomly stabbing people in the street. Two police officers were on the scene quickly and confronted the man.

Victoria Police said a bomb response unit had been called to the area and was currently making the scene safe.

Police said there was no known link to terrorism.


Thank god the Police were there quickly it could have been much worse.

 

[katydid23]

That car wasn't just on fire, it was exploding with flames. There was some kind of accelerant in the car. Maybe he just innocently happened to have a canister of gas in the car, but I don't believe it is a coincidence.

There are videos all over the web, showing him trying to stab the cops. He does not look like your average motorist in Melbourne, suddenly going nuts. JMO IMO

 

[Morrisa]

He's dead

The Australian‏Verified account @australian 8m8 minutes ago
#BREAKING Bourke Street attacker dies in hospital as police probe links to North African extremism

 

[Morrisa]

I can't read the herald sun as it is paywalled but...

Jon Kaila‏Verified account @jonkaila 36m36 minutes ago
Exclusive - Bourke Street was terror attack the Herald Sun can reveal. ASIO know him. He is now dead. He had links to known convicted terror plotters. Full story @theheraldsun here

 

[katydid23]

The Australian understands police will investigate whether the man has links to North African extremism.

The attacker is believed to have been known to security agencies and had links to radicalised members of the Somali community

Several gas cyclinders also exploded inside the vehicle involved in this afternoon’s incident, according to the Herald-Sun.

 

[katydid23]

So there WERE gas cylinders in the car. That's what witnesses said. Watching the videos, the way he aggressively goes after the officers with his long knife, so obviously terrorism.

It doesn't matter what kind of terrorism, but it is terrorism to attack random people on the street to create terror and chaos.

 

[sleepinoz]

Another Man Monis

 

[Sprockett7701]

Thank goodness for a quick police response...

Thoughts and love to those involved.

 

[Elley Mae]

"We don't believe there is an ongoing threat at this stage, but certainly we are treating it as a terrorism incident".

The attacker, who has not been identified, was originally from Somalia but lived in Melbourne's northwest.

One killed in Melbourne knife rampage terror attack

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Australia: Police say Melbourne stabbing attack is 'terrorism'

Australia: Police say Melbourne stabbing attack is 'terrorism'

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Looks like radical islamic terrorism to me.

 

[Elley Mae]

The man, who was originally from Somalia, was known to the police and the incident is being treated as terrorism, Victoria state police Commissioner Graham Ashton said.

Australia cops eye terrorism in stabbing rampage leaving 1 dead, 2 injured

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The 31-year-old and his family were known to counter-terror agencies at a state and national level and were believed to have ties with north African extremist groups.

His passport was cancelled several years ago after he was noted as one of 300 potential security risks.

It was also noted police are unable to get in touch with the man's wife, and believe she is both missing and radicalised.

One killed as man 'stabs shoppers' and attacks police with knife on Melbourne's Bourke Street | Daily Mail Online

The lone wolf attacker, who a witness claimed was yelling 'Allahu akbar' was rushed to hospital in a critical condition but later died from his wounds.

 

[Elley Mae]

Just another poor put upon male, methinks.

Methinks different.

Radical islamic terrorist, methinks.