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3 killed, 20 injured after man deliberately drives into pedestrians in Melbourne
AFP, REUTERS
Friday, Jan 20, 2017
 
 
 
MELBOURNE - A man deliberately drove into pedestrians, killing three and injuring at least 20 in the centre of Australia's second largest city Melbourne on Friday, but police said the lunch-time incident was not terror-related.
 
Video footage from a witness showed a maroon coloured car driving around in circles in an intersection outside Flinders St railway station in the city's central business district, with the driver hanging his arm out the window.
 
Two people approached the car, apparently trying to stop it. "He was half hanging outside the car...he was just so reckless...he just didn't care," witness Laura Pollson told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
 
 
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The man then drove up a pedestrian mall, deliberately ploughing into people, Victoria state police said. A shop video showed several people diving into a convenience store as the car sped along the footpath.
 
"A male deliberately drove into pedestrians in the Bourke Street mall, and we currently have three deceased and at least 20 injuries," Victoria Police acting commander Stuart Bateson told reporters.
 
"We have the offender in custody. There is no further threat to the public at this stage. I can also confirm that this is not a CT (counter-terrorism) related incident." The incident was believed to be related to an overnight stabbing in the city, Bateson added.
 
Photographs published by local media showed a stationary, badly damaged car with a nearby man in red underwear pinned to the ground by police.
 
Witness Maria Kitjapanon told Melbourne's Age newspaper that the car was rammed by a police car and that police fired shots into the car before pulling the driver out.
 
"There were probably 10 police surrounding that guy's car, with guns drawn, and they fired into the car. Then they dragged someone out via the passengers side, then all 10 of them sat on top of him," she said.
 
Police have locked down the city and suspended tram services.
 
Melbourne is currently hosting the Australian Open tennis grand slam and is packed with thousands of extra tourists, only a few blocks from where the incident occurred. Police said the tennis tournament continued to operate as normal.
 
Australia, a staunch US ally, has been on heightened alert for attacks by home-grown radicals since 2014 and authorities have said they have thwarted a number of plots. There have been several "lone wolf" assaults, including a 2014 cafe siege in Sydney that left two hostages and the gunman dead.
 

 

 

 

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10 policeman sit on him after fire a few shots!

 

10 aussie guys is bloody heavy  [sweatdrop]  [sweatdrop]

1 is bad enough.................. we sgpreans are katek................... ever see the sg and aussie army exercise photo?................ side by side............... we look like a bloody kid.............and the cops there are even bigger than the army guys........................ cause they got krispy kream donuts all day............. [laugh]

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10 policeman sit on him after fire a few shots!

 

10 aussie guys is bloody heavy  [sweatdrop]  [sweatdrop]

 

yah... did he survive the weight of the 10 policemen?

 

If one of them is 90 kg (and i think that's on the low side), then 10 will be 900 kg. 

 

how heavy is cherry QQ? close or not?

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yah... did he survive the weight of the 10 policemen?

 

If one of them is 90 kg (and i think that's on the low side), then 10 will be 900 kg. 

 

how heavy is cherry QQ? close or not?

 

 

not possible for 10 policeman to stack on top of each other to get 900kg, i believe each sit on different part of the body   :D

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not possible for 10 policeman to stack on top of each other to get 900kg, i believe each sit on different part of the body   :D

 

True also. But even if sit different parts, not easy to have so many parts (that are so far apart) for 10 guys to sit onto...

 

and i hope the one who sat on his head wasn't the heaviest  [sweatdrop]

and he didn't fart  :secret-laugh:

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not possible for 10 policeman to stack on top of each other to get 900kg, i believe each sit on different part of the body :D

 

Good thing the fella not lying face up [laugh][:p]

 

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what if

 

i say that guy was depressed?? [:p]

 

 

this one more than depressed, he siao one probably no need to die.

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