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09th Nov 2018

One dead, two injured following stabbing incident in Melbourne

Alan Loughnane

Melbourne stabbing

The attacker was shot by police.

A man has been arrested after stabbing three people and setting fire to a car in Australia.

One person has been killed and two passers-by injured after a man went on the rampage on Bourke Street in Melbourne’s city centre.

Police shot the man when they arrived at the scene and he was taken into custody but remains in a critical condition in hospital.

Local media showed footage of a man lunging at police officers with a knife before being shot.

“As they got out of the car, they were confronted by a male brandishing a knife and threatening them,” Supt David Clayton stated in a news conference.

“At the same time, passers-by were calling out that members of the public had been stabbed.

Police said they were “not looking for anyone further at this early stage”.

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