Un vehicul a intrat în pietonii aflaţi în gara principală de pe Flinders Street din Melbourne (sud-estul Australiei), la o oră de vârf, a anunţat joi poliţia, precizând că l-a arestat pe conducătorul auto, informează dpa.
Martorii le-au declarat reporterilor că cel puţin cinci persoane păreau a fi rănite şi că echipele de pe ambulanţele sosite la faţa locului acordau îngrijiri multor oameni.
Incidentul pare similar cu un incident din ianuarie, când o maşină a intrat în pietoni în acelaşi loc, ucigând şase persoane şi rănind treizeci, anunță Agerpres.
Şoferul, Dimitrios Gargasoulas, ar putea fi inculpat pentru şase capete de acuzare de omor. Incidentul nu este considerat deocamdată act terorist.
#BREAKING: Mass casualties outside Flinders St Station in Melbourne. Full details in #9NewsAt6 with @GeorgieG. pic.twitter.com/XkWI8gIM6g
— Nine News Sydney (@9NewsSyd) December 21, 2017
.@VictoriaPolice are appealing for any witnesses to attend Melbourne West Police Station after a vehicle collided with a number of people in Melbourne's CBD. MORE: https://t.co/0pY5byFdlq pic.twitter.com/szSFkj5vGj
— Sky News Australia (@SkyNewsAust) December 21, 2017
Video after Flinders Street attack #Melbourne pic.twitter.com/OVIQM2FXmj
— Beer Baron (@BB_Beer_Baron) December 21, 2017
Witnesses to the Flinders Street incident are asked to go to Melbourne West police station to give statements. 313 Spencer Street. @BrendanDonohoe7 #7News pic.twitter.com/M25S4XK5qX
— 7 News Melbourne (@7NewsMelbourne) December 21, 2017
.@AhronYoung says between twelve and nineteen people have been treated by paramedics after a car ploughed into pedestrians near Melbourne's Flinders station. MORE: https://t.co/FV98T9mLi1 pic.twitter.com/2oB2cUwfY1
— Sky News Australia (@SkyNewsAust) December 21, 2017