The clip opens with a car bursting into flames while the suspect tries to attack a group of policemen, before one of them opens fire. A man wielding a shopping cart can be seen trying to help the police.
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On Bourke St. Roads blocked. pic.twitter.com/wimeJLNXWy
— mike yang (@fayfayang) 9 ноября 2018 г.
The suspect has been taken to hospital in a critical condition.
#bourkest source from wechat (I am not the author) pic.twitter.com/n69nDiGjxt
— windix (@windix) 9 ноября 2018 г.
Local media report that prior to the skirmish, the suspect set his own car on fire near the intersection of Bourke Street and Swanston Street, a thoroughfare in the city centre. According to Melbourne officials, a number of people are being treated for stab wounds.
Witnesses are describing hearing a loud bang and a car on fire in the Bourke St Mall.
— ABC Melbourne (@abcmelbourne) 9 ноября 2018 г.
MFB says a car is on fire.
📷@meegslouise pic.twitter.com/3Qz3iUnKKr
Explosion out the front of my bedroom. #melbourne @abcnews pic.twitter.com/g0S4XbSW2k
— Jack Lovel (@jalovel) 9 ноября 2018 г.