Car hits pedestrians in Melbourne's CBD, one dead - Polidicks

[t]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C2lP_6bVQAAju02.jpg[/t] [QUOTE]One person is dead and a man has been arrested after a car hit several pedestrians near Bourke and Queen streets in Melbourne's CBD, police say. "At this early stage it is believed a man driving a vehicle has struck a number of pedestrians in the vicinity of Bourke and Queens Streets just before 2pm," a Victoria Police spokeswoman said. "The exact circumstances surrounding the events are still being determined and we will provide further information when it comes to hand," a police spokeswoman said.[/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-20/car-hits-several-pedestrians-in-melbournes-cbd/8197876"]http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-20/car-hits-several-pedestrians-in-melbournes-cbd/8197876[/URL] [b]UPDATE:[/b] [quote]Four people - including a young child - are dead and 31 have been hospitalised after a speeding car ploughed through pedestrians in the middle of Melbourne's CBD.[/quote] [URL="http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/live-pedestrians-hit-gunshots-heard-in-melbourne-cbd-20170120-gtvf3x.html"]http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/live-pedestrians-hit-gunshots-heard-in-melbourne-cbd-20170120-gtvf3x.html[/URL] [t]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C2lnDX9VIAELGWo.jpg[/t] [i]The offender[/i]

The Advertiser is claiming gunfire and panic.

It's an old 90's Commodore, combined with the driver apparently hanging half out of the vehicle and doing a burnout, so my guess is it's an ice-addicted bogan

[URL="https://gfycat.com/AgitatedIncredibleAfricanwildcat"]Here's[/URL] a gif of CCTV footage taken from inside a shop of the car on the footpath. It's SFW. The suspect was also seen doing dougunuts and burnsouts at Flinders St Station before this incident. [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDE5fjXeNPk&feature=youtu.be[/media]

Also, the shots were apparently fired by the police, but the suspect was arrested alive.

my dads vl commy does way meaner skids than that shit even the v6 vz does better

[media]https://twitter.com/BWAdamson/status/822275850787635200[/media]

What a fucking loser

My friends started messaging saying they had all heard gunshots. I'm guessing it was the police shooting at him. Heres a video of the suspect being pulled out of the car after being shot at: -snip- posted above^^ Sad that people died today. What an absolute cunt.

They're saying three dead now

[QUOTE=BF;51696898]It's an old 90's Commodore, combined with the driver apparently hanging half out of the vehicle and doing a burnout, so my guess is it's an ice-addicted bogan[/QUOTE] Yeah I'm guessing it's a druggie on a meth rage or something. havn't seen any "POSSIBLE BUT UNCONFIRMED TERRORIST ATTACK" style reports yet which is a good sign. We really need to do more to stop ice in this country, especially in the country. [editline]20th January 2017[/editline] [QUOTE=Cructo;51697003]alleged witness account [media]https://twitter.com/AndieHamblin/status/822292159608983552[/media][/QUOTE] Well shit

[QUOTE=Whomobile;51697005]Yeah I'm guessing it's a druggie on a meth rage or something. havn't seen any "POSSIBLE BUT UNCONFIRMED TERRORIST ATTACK" style reports yet which is a good sign. We really need to do more to stop ice in this country, especially in the country.[/QUOTE] someone posted this on reddit: [QUOTE]Had a friend that was at Flinder's Street while this guy was doing donuts in the intersection hanging out of his window yelling things like "there's a comet coming" and "the government is after me". Obviously a drug related rampage. It was about 30 seconds before there were multiple undercovers and marked police cars chasing him.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=MisterMooth;51697013]from reddit:[/QUOTE] Someone on the Herald Sun was quoted (not comments, on the website) as saying he was yelling Allah Akbar, so take it all with a grain of salt at the moment.

[QUOTE=Cructo;51697003]alleged witness account [media]https://twitter.com/AndieHamblin/status/822292159608983552[/media][/QUOTE] this guy is full of shit [editline]20th January 2017[/editline] [QUOTE=DogGunn;51697019]Someone on the Herald Sun was quoted (not comments, on the website) as saying he was yelling Allah Akbar, so take it all with a grain of salt at the moment.[/QUOTE] terrorist attacks aren't single dudes in a car doing donuts in the cbd driving erratically on the sidewalk

What if it's a bogan muslim high on meth?

[QUOTE=Rusty100;51697020] terrorist attacks aren't single dudes in a car doing donuts in the cbd driving erratically on the sidewalk[/QUOTE] I doubt it is a terrorist attack, but yes, I wouldn't be surprised if some of them do stupid shit like that before ramming into a crowd of people high on meth.

[QUOTE=DogGunn;51697019]Someone on the Herald Sun was quoted (not comments, on the website) as saying he was yelling Allah Akbar, so take it all with a grain of salt at the moment.[/QUOTE] yeah, dont read the herald sun.

They should probably install bollards to prevent stuff like this

[QUOTE=Lonestriper;51697056]They should probably install bollards to prevent stuff like this[/QUOTE] Having to install bollards to stop people from driving onto a sidewalk and mowing people down is a sad thought.

[QUOTE=Araknid;51697060]Having to install bollards to stop people from driving onto a sidewalk and mowing people down is a sad thought.[/QUOTE] It is, but if it can prevent something like this or, god forbid, a Nice/Berlin style attack then I think it is probably worth it.

[QUOTE=sirdownloadsalot;51697046]yeah, dont read the herald sun.[/QUOTE] Meh, I read pretty much every news source in Australia. Herald Sun is fine for news reporting.

Actually fucks with me was in the city at the same time this happened today, full on heard sirens

[QUOTE=Cructo;51697037]Might be, same reporter who tweeted that is saying the police dont believe it's a terrorist attack[/QUOTE] The way its reported is making everyone think its a terror attack though

People can hear what they want to hear when things like this occur. Even dozens of corroborating stories can be completely false memories because they've re-enforced them with others at the site before making separate depositions attesting to what they heard. Let's wait for some background information before taking comments at face value.

[QUOTE=aussiedropbear;51697088]Actually fucks with me was in the city at the same time this happened today, full on heard sirens[/QUOTE] I was having coffee with friends and had no idea anything was up until I got a bunch of messages asking if I was okay. Some cop cars went by down La Trobe street while I was drinking coffee, but it's the CBD: there's always sirens blaring somewhere (usually fire engines). [QUOTE=MisterMooth;51696973]They're saying three dead now[/QUOTE] Jesus, that's fucked. I hope that toddler that apparently got thrown from its pram is okay. Kids are pretty good at bouncing back from shit that would hurt an adult pretty badly, though, so hopefully it's okay. Also, glad to see you weren't in the CBD, bro (though I didn't suspect you would be anyway). Guess I don't need to text you now to ask if you're okay.

everyone on facebook saying it's a terror attack i don't think it's classified as a terror attack, it wasn't done to instigate terror, it was done because a man was off his rocker [editline]20th January 2017[/editline] [QUOTE=sltungle;51697119]I hope that toddler that apparently got thrown from its pram is okay.[/QUOTE] I heard the toddler died. Also, I was on bourke street just 2 days ago, damn

[QUOTE=sltungle;51697119] Jesus, that's fucked. I hope that toddler that apparently got thrown from its pram is okay. Kids are pretty good at bouncing back from shit that would hurt an adult pretty badly, though, so hopefully it's okay. Also, glad to see you weren't in the CBD, bro (though I didn't suspect you would be anyway). Guess I don't need to text you now to ask if you're okay.[/QUOTE] The news is reporting that a toddler was killed and possibly dragged up to 100m

[QUOTE=Waffler;51697187]The news is reporting that a toddler was killed and possibly dragged up to 100m[/QUOTE] Jesus fucking Christ. That's horrible.

[IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C2lnDX9VIAELGWo.jpg[/IMG] [editline]20th January 2017[/editline] the perpetrator

Jesus. Just saw a video a guy filmed while walking down Bourke street, there are people being tended by paramedics everywhere. I really hope the rest of the injured end up being okay.