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On 9 November 2018, a male attacker, Hassan Khalif Shire Ali, set his car on fire and [[knife attack|stabbed]] three people in the [[Melbourne City Centre|Central Business District]] of [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]], before being shot and killed by police.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-46147581|title=Melbourne terror attack suspect shot dead|date=2018-11-09|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-11-09|language=en-GB}}</ref> The incident is being treated as |
On 9 November 2018, a male attacker, Hassan Khalif Shire Ali, set his car on fire and [[knife attack|stabbed]] three people in the [[Melbourne City Centre|Central Business District]] of [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]], before being shot and killed by police.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-46147581|title=Melbourne terror attack suspect shot dead|date=2018-11-09|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-11-09|language=en-GB}}</ref> The incident is being treated as "terror related" by [[Victoria Police]]. |
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== Incident == |
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Revision as of 22:21, 10 November 2018
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| 2018 Melbourne stabbing attack | |
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| Location | Bourke Street, Melbourne, Australia |
| Date | 9 November 2018 4:10 pm (AEDT) |
| Target | Pedestrians |
Attack type | Stabbing, propane bomb |
| Weapons | Knife |
| Deaths | 2 (including attacker) |
| Injured | 2 |
| Perpetrator | Hassan Khalif Shire Ali |
On 9 November 2018, a male attacker, Hassan Khalif Shire Ali, set his car on fire and stabbed three people in the Central Business District of Melbourne, Australia, before being shot and killed by police.[1] The incident is being treated as "terror related" by Victoria Police.
Incident
On 9 November 2018, at around 4:10 pm, an attacker set fire to a Holden Rodeo utility vehicle on the Bourke Street block between Swanston Street and Russell Street, in Melbourne's Central Business District, when the street was crowded with hundreds of people during peak hour. Eyewitnesses claimed that the attacker emerged from the vehicle, before it burst into flames, and police stated that there were butane gas cylinders in the vehicle.[2] During the attack, at least one sound of explosion came from the flaming car.
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The man then went on a stabbing spree with a large knife and wounded three pedestrians, one of whom was later pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. The attacker was then confronted by two Victoria Police patrol officers who arrived at the scene. A member of the public also attempted to aid the police in the situation by ramming a shopping trolley at the attacker.[3] After continuously slashing at the police officers, the attacker was shot once in the chest by one of the officers, just as counter-terrorism police arrived. The attacker was then restrained and taken to receive medical treatment under guard, but later died in hospital.[4]
Perpetrator
Police identified the attacker as 30-year-old Somalian-born Hassan Khalif Shire Ali. The Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police, Graham Ashton, told the media that the attacker had been known to federal intelligence agencies but was not actively monitored.[5] Ali's 21-year-old younger brother, Ali Khalif Shire Ali, was previously arrested in November 2017 for planning to commit mass shooting in Melbourne's New Year's Eve celebration.[6][7] The Australian Federal Police's acting national manager of counter-terrorism, Ian McCartney, said Shire Ali's passport was cancelled in 2015 when ASIO believed he was planning to travel to Syria to fight for the ISIL terrorist group,[8] but he was never a target of joint counter-terrorism taskforce investigations as they did not believe he was a threat.[9][10]
Victims
The identities of the three pedestrian stabbed in the attack was later made public.
- 74-year-old Sisto Malaspina, co-owner of a nearby Italian cafe, Pellegrini's Bar.[11] Eyewitnesses said it appeared Malaspina was walking over to the car after it burst into flames to offer assistance, when he was stabbed in the chest.[12] He was later pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
- 58-year-old Rod Patterson, a retired businessman from Launceston, Tasmania and the former president of the South Launceston Football Club. He was returning from an overseas trip with his wife Maree, when the incident happened.[13] He suffered knife injuries to the head and was taken to the Alfred Hospital for surgery.[14]
- A 24-year-old security guard from Hampton Park of Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs,[15] received lacerations and was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital.[16]
Investigation
The incident is considered by police as "terror-related".[17] Per the SITE Intelligence Group, the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, although no evidence has been provided.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Melbourne terror attack suspect shot dead". BBC News. 2018-11-09. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
- ^ a b Albeck-Ripka, Livia (November 9, 2018). "Melbourne Stabbing Spree Leaves Two Dead, Including Attacker". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- ^ Wyatt, Tim (November 9, 2018). "Isis claims responsibility for Melbourne stabbing rampage". The Independent. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- ^ "One person dead after stabbing in Melbourne CBD, man shot by police". news.com.au. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ^ Davey, Melissa; Knaus, Christopher; Wahlquist, Calla; Zhou, Naaman (2018-11-09). "Melbourne attack: police name Hassan Khalif Shire Ali and say he was known to them". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- ^ "Bourke Street attacker "failed in his plan to cause explosion"". SBS News. 2018-11-10. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- ^ Cavanagh, Rebekah (2018-06-20). "Accused terrorist to face Supreme Court trial". News.com.au. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- ^ "Bourke Street attacker had passport cancelled but wasn't deemed a threat". 10 November 2018.
- ^ Mills, Tammy; Cunningham, Melissa; Hinchliffe, Joe; Wells, Rachel; Boseley, Matilda (2018-11-10). ""A wake-up call": Police link Bourke Street terror attack to IS". The Age. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- ^ Ferguson, John (2018-11-10). "Bourke Street killer was not national security threat, says AFP". The Australian. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- ^ Henriques-Gomes, Luke (2018-11-10). "Sisto Malaspina – owner of Pellegrini's cafe – identified as Bourke Street victim". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- ^ Lloyd, Shelley (2018-11-10). "Bourke Street attack victim, Pellegrini's co-owner Sisto Malaspina, remembered as "best boss"". ABC News. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- ^ Loomes, Phoebe (2018-11-10). "Survivor tells of offering help, being stabbed in head". News.com.au. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- ^ Koob, Simone Fox; Boseley, Matilda (2018-11-10). "Two men recovering after being stabbed during Bourke Street attack". The Age. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- ^ . 2018-11-10.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help); Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ Henriques-Gomes, Luke (2018-11-10). "Bourke Street attack: police say Melbourne CBD terror assailant had links to Islamic State - latest updates". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- ^ Butt, Craig (9 November 2018). "Bourke Street car explosion live: one dead from stab wounds as city centre evacuated". The Age. Retrieved 9 November 2018.