Several people have been stabbed in Melbourne in an incident that is being treated as a terror attack, according to Graham Ashton of the Victoria police, reports Euronews.
The incident, which brought central Melbourne to a standstill in the late afternoon rush, came after police responded to reports of a burning vehicle.
Officers were confronted near the burning car by a man “brandishing a knife and threatening them” while passers-by called out that people had been stabbed, Victoria state police Superintendent David Clayton said.
One of the stabbed people was dead at the scene and two others were taken to a hospital.
Clayton said investigators did not believe there were any other assailants. The man, who was shot in the chest by police has died in hospital, police have said.
Instagram user nohsoohyun86 uploaded this shocking video of the incident.
Ashton added that Counter Terrorism Command will investigate alongside Victoria police. He also said police don’t think there’s any “ongoing threat” to the public.