"Muslim man ploughs car into helpless baby in pram and pedestrians". Τρεις νεκροί κι είκοσι τραυματίες, όταν αυτοκίνητο έπεσε πάνω σε πεζούς στο κέντρο της Μελβούρνης, στην Αυστραλία, σύμφωνα με ανακοίνωση της αστυνομίας.
Οι πληροφορίες από τους σταθμούς των ασθενοφόρων αναφέρουν αρκετούς τραυματίες, ενώ η τοπική τηλεόραση, μεταδίδει πλάνα από την αστυνομική κινητοποίηση σε κεντρική διασταύρωση της πόλης, με αστυνομικούς βαριά οπλισμένους.
Σύμφωνα με διεθνή μέσα ενημέρωσης το αυτοκίνητο πριν πέσει πάνω στους πεζούς κινούνταν περίεργα.
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Εκπρόσωπος της αστυνομίας είπε ότι ο οδηγός του οχήματος έχει συλληφθεί και ότι η εκτίμηση των αστυνομικών είναι ότι συνδέεται με ένα περιστατικό μαχαιρώματος σε σταθμό του μετρό στα νότια προάστια της Μελβούρνης που είχε σημειωθεί κάποια ώρα νωρίτερα.Eyewitness testimony: the driver was shouting "Allahu Akbar" Allahu Akbar".
Victoria police have just held a press conference revealing that the death toll from the incident has risen to three, in what police believe was a deliberate act, but not linked to terrorism.
“A male deliberately drove into pedestrians in the Bourke Street mall,” said Acting Commander Stuart Bateson. “We currently have three deceased and 20 injuries … We believe it is connected to an earlier stabbing in the southern metro region.”
Bateson said the driver was believed to have driven in circles outside Flinders Street station before driving through the mall and deliberately hitting pedestrians, before crossing to Elizabeth Street and hitting more people.
“This is not a [counter-terrorism]-related incident,” he said.
“We ask the public to avoid the city. It’s going to take us a really long time to process this scene. Our priority is with the injured.”
This is what we know about the victims:
Three people have been killed.
Four children are being treated at the Royal Children’s hospital. One is critical and two are in a serious condition.
Five patients were admitted to the Alfred, with three in a critical but stable condition and two in a serious condition.
10 people are being treated at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, which is not releasing the condition of patients yet.
Melbourne hospitals are reportedly in code brown, which notes an external emergency with multiple casualties that overwhelm available resources.
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