Melbourne Accident Bourke Street: One Dead, Two Wounded After Stabbing – Live Updates | Australia news

The ABC spoke to the witness Meegan May:

"Two people in the streetcars said that someone had a knife and when I I got up to look through the back window, I could see a big fire en route crossing the road, "she said.

"He somehow stopped on the other side and then I saw a man and two policemen somehow trying to calm him down. He waved his arms, someone said he had a knife – I could not tell where I was from.

"Not long after, I heard a loud bang that sounded a bit like a shot, nothing was an explosion, and then someone near me said she could see something." one doing chest compressions, an ambulance and 50 police cars came out of nowhere shortly after. "

Christopher Knaus

I just spoke to Neil McKellar, who works at the Hylands Bookstore on Bourke Street close to the stage

McKellar spoke of hearing a loud explosion and then shots. He has just left his building and walked down Little Bourke Street, not far away. He added that the scene was restricted and that police and emergency services were present.

The scene seemed to be under control.

"We heard the explosion and later shots," McKellar said. "We are in a former Bourke Street cinema. We heard it but we did not know what it was. "

A film of the incident shows a man using a cart to subdue the attacker. A warning stating that the film contains the sound of a shot in the end.

L 39 man, whose identity is not clear, is nicknamed by some "Trolley Man".

Another footage, taken from WeChat's Chinese social media application, shows the alleged suspect lying on the ground handcuffed by the police.

Meanwhile, the police are expanding their lines.

Vic Roads urged people to avoid the area, including Swanston Street and Bourke Street.

People should also pay attention on Russell Street, Little Collins Street and Elizabeth Street and Little Bourke Street.

Streetcars do not run in the streets of Swanston or Bourke.