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Greg Evans
Nov 09, 2018
This afternoon in Melbourne, Australia, a man stabbed three people, leaving one dead, in an incident that is being treated as a terror attack.
Police were called to the scene in Bourke Street, initially responding to a vehicle which had been set on fire.
When two officers arrived they were confronted by an attacker wielding a knife, who was eventually shot dead.
The chief commissioner of Victoria Police, Graham Ashton, has confirmed that counter-terrorism police have launched an investigation.
Footage of the distressing incident has been shared online of the heroic attempts to subdue the attacker by bystanders.
One person is seen brandishing a chair, while another grabs a shopping trolley to push at the man, falling down in the process.
The man then makes a second attempt to push the trolley at the attacker, and then a third as police manage to chase him up the street.
Warning: The following video may contain footage that some may find distressing.
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Although this is an incredibly serious incident, people have taken some levity in the heroic efforts of the man with the trolley and have been championing him on social media.
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Elsewhere, people are trying to discover the identity of the man to congratulate him in person.
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Daniel Andrews, the premier of Victoria, paid tribute to those that acted so valiantly in their attempts to protect their city.
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HT news.com.au
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