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One dead after Melbourne knife attack being treated as terrorism - ISIS claims actions of known wolf
2018-11-09
[news.com.cau} MELBOURNE TERROR ATTACK

VICTIMS

- A man in his 60s died at the scene, while two other victims are in hospital after being stabbed in the upper body by a man shot dead by police

WHEN

- Police responded to reports of a vehicle on fire in Melbourne's CBD about 4.10pm on Friday

WHERE

- The utility was found alight on the corner of Bourke and Swanston streets, a busy shopping area in the heart of the city

WHAT

- Officers were confronted by a man brandishing a knife and making threats. Passers-by told them three members of the public had been stabbed

- An officer shot the man who was taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital under police guard, where he later died. He has been identified as someone known to police and who came to Australia from Somalia in the 1990s

RESPONSE

- Streets were cordoned off and people are asked to avoid the area until at least 8am on Saturday

- The bomb response unit attended to conduct safety checks on the vehicle
Update at 11:10 a.m. ET from the Daily Mail, which has video of the attack:
Somali-born terrorist who stabbed three shoppers, killing one, is named after being shot dead by police - as ISIS claim the lone wolf as one of their own and it's revealed his brother was arrested over a failed terror attack in Melbourne last year

  • Somali-born attacker named as Mohamed Khalif, and also goes by the name of Hassan Shire

  • Attacker was shot in the chest after his knife rampage and died of his wounds in Royal Melbourne Hospital

  • His Holden Rodeo loaded with gas cylinders hit a pedestrian before bursting into flames on the pavement in front of shocked afternoon shoppers

  • Man then stabbed three bystanders before slashing at two police officers who confronted him

  • Video then showed him scuffle with officers before being shot in the chest, and falling to the ground

  • A brave shopper also tried to run him down with a trolley during the chaos before the man was arrested

  • Man rushed to hospital in a critical condition with a chest injury as two others were taken with minor injuries

  • A third man was dead at the scene with his body laying in the street covered with a white sheet

  • Somalian man is reportedly known to ASIO spy agency and has links to terror plotters that are being probed

  • His brother Ali Khalif Shire Ali, 21,
    ...the very connected Somali-Australian known wolf who was arrested in the planning stage...
    was arrested in 2017 for attempting a terror attack in Federation Square on New Years Eve
Posted by:Bright Pebbles

#6  Speaking of quaint customs, a bullet to center mass is the traditional Melbourne police way to make a difficult arrest. I thought all that was done away with. Good one.
Posted by: Grunter   2018-11-09 17:20  

#5  Quaint cultural customs coming to a neighborhood near you soon.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-11-09 14:46  

#4  And PJ Media adds:

According to reports, the man attempted to ram his vehicle with gas cylinders into a tram, which he missed. He then exited the vehicle and threw a device into the car, setting it on fire.
Posted by: trailing wife   2018-11-09 14:00  

#3  More from the Daily Mail link:

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.

Khalif's passport was cancelled several years ago after he was flagged as one of 300 potential security risks.

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

Authorities may be hoping to utilise the state's preventative detention laws for the first time since they came into effect, in which police are legally allowed to detain a suspect for up to seven days should they believe the person poses a threat or security risk, Herald Sun reported.

Khalif moved to Australia from Somalia in the 1990's, Victoria Police commissioner Graham Ashton said, and had a record of 'minor' offences in relation to 'cannabis use, theft and driving offences'.

'He is known to police and is known mainly in respect to relatives he has that are certainly persons of interest.'
Posted by: trailing wife   2018-11-09 13:40  

#2  You'd think they don't kick out gimmigrants as that it would show that letting them in is an economic, cultural and social disaster for a country, for everyone except the establishment.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2018-11-09 12:34  

#1  Thank you for being on top of this for us, Bright Pebbles.
Posted by: trailing wife   2018-11-09 11:35  

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