Gas-laden truck set afire, three stabbed, one dead in Australia terror attack

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Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS NOVEMBER 9, 2018 / 2:04 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

Gas-laden truck set afire, three stabbed, one dead in Australia terror attack

Tom Westbrook, Sonali Paul
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SYDNEY/MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A Somali-born man set fire to a pickup truck laden with gas cylinders in the center of the Australian city of Melbourne on Friday and stabbed three people, killing one, before he was shot by police in a rampage they called an act of terrorism.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, without providing any evidence.

The utility truck carrying barbecue gas cylinders burned on busy Bourke Street just before the evening rush hour as the driver stabbed bystanders and attacked police.

The cylinders did not explode and the fire was put out in 10 minutes, by which point the attack was over.

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