Car ploughs into pedestrians in Melbourne, police say
Source: BBC
Three people have died and up to 20 are injured after a car deliberately struck pedestrians in central Melbourne, police say.
A man was arrested and "the situation is now contained", police said.
The incident happened at the Bourke St Mall, a busy shopping area, just before 14:00 (03:00 GMT).
Mr Bateson told reporters that police believe the driver "deliberately drove into the crowd".
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LittleGirl
(8,261 posts)l guess this is what the new terrorism method is, running people down with vehicles?
Violet_Crumble
(35,954 posts)It wasn't terrorism, it was some drug-fucked bogan who stabbed someone earlier today and was in the city doing burnouts before he did this....
LittleGirl
(8,261 posts)canetoad
(17,090 posts)Police Statement issued:
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding an incident that took place in the Melbourne CBD this afternoon.
It is believed police were in pursuit of a vehicle in the CBD when the vehicle deliberately struck a number of pedestrians in the vicinity of Bourke and Queens Streets at approximately 1.30pm.
Police shot the man who was the sole occupant of the vehicle and he received bullet wounds.
He was taken into custody where he is being treated for non-life threatening injuries.
The incident is not terrorism related.
Police understand the incident is linked to a stabbing that took place in Windsor early this morning (20 January) involving parties known to one another. Following this incident, it is alleged the same man took a woman, who is known to him, hostage in his car. She managed to escape from the car on the Bolte Bridge earlier today.
Three people have been confirmed deceased with more than 20 people injured. The deceased are yet to be formally identified however police can confirm one of the deceased is a young child.
applegrove
(118,022 posts)Abouttime
(675 posts)At least this tragedy cannot be blamed on so called Islamic terrorism.
Warpy
(110,913 posts)This guy was just wigged out on gawd knows what drug and angry at the whole world.