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SYDNEY (AP) \u2014 A knife-wielding man stabbed three people, one fatally, in Australia\u2019s second-largest city on Friday in an attack police linked to terrorism.<\/p>\n
The attack during the afternoon rush hour brought central Melbourne to a standstill. Hundreds of people watched from behind barricades as police tried to apprehend the attacker.<\/p>\n
Police said the man got out of a pickup truck, which then caught fire, and attacked three bystanders with a knife. He also attempted to attack police who arrived on the scene before being shot in the chest by an officer.<\/p>\n
The suspect died later at a hospital. One of the victims also died, while the two others were hospitalized.<\/p>\n
Police said the attacker\u2019s vehicle contained several barbecue gas cylinders in the back. A bomb squad rendered them safe without any exploding.<\/p>\n
Victoria state police Commissioner Graham Ashton said the suspect, who was originally from Somalia, was known to police and the incident was being treated as terrorism.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom what we know of that individual we are treating this as a terrorism incident,\u201d Ashton told reporters, adding that the police counterterrorism command was working on the case, as well as homicide detectives.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s known to police mainly in respect to relatives that he has which certainly are persons of interest to us, and he\u2019s someone that accordingly is know to both Victorian police and the Federal intelligence authorities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The attack occurred on the eve of a busy weekend in Melbourne, with a major horse race scheduled for Saturday and a national league soccer match the following day. Sunday is also Remembrance Day, when memorial ceremonies for World War I are held.<\/p>\n
Ashton said police were \u201cdoing security reassessments of these events in light of what\u2019s occurred,\u201d but there was \u201cno ongoing threat we\u2019re currently aware of in relation to people surrounding this individual.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Scott Morrison condemned the \u201cevil and cowardly attack.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAustralians will never be intimidated by these appalling attacks and we will continue to go about our lives and enjoy the freedoms that the terrorists detest,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n
One witness said one of the stabbing victims, believed to be a man in his 60s who later died, was stabbed in the face, and that desperate efforts were made to save him.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause he was on his stomach, they turned him over to see if he\u2019s all right, he was still alive,\u201d the witness, Markel Villasin, told Australian Associated Press.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was breathing and he was bleeding out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Video from the scene showed a man swinging a knife at two police officers near a burning car before he was shot.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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