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HOME Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has pleaded with Australians to help a "black spot" in the country's ability to detect terror threats in the wake of the Bourke Street attack.
"There is a real weakness," Mr Dutton admitted today, citing comments from Duncan Lewis, the Director-General of Security at ASIO, who said potential terrorists were using encrypted apps so their messages couldn ' t be discovered.
"Mr Dutton said," It is even more difficult today than it was five years ago to try to deal with some of these cases.
"The font can not contemplate every circumstance.
"Where you have someone who is buying chemicals, you could expect to have an explosive device, you would expect to be intelligent around that activity.
"Where do you have someone who picks up a kitchen knife and grabs a couple of gas bottles and drives into the CBD, these are very difficult circumstances to stop."
On Friday afternoon, 30-year-old Hbadan Khalif Ali Shire pulled up in Bourke Street in a four-wheel drive, containing gas cylinders turned to their open position, in what police said was a failed plan to cause an explosion.
The Somalia-born Ali then starred three men, including the popular 74-year-old Italian restaurateur Sisto Malaspina, who died at the scene. The two other victims are now recovering in Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Police had no proof Ali was planning an attack beforehand.
A police officer coming face-to-face with a terrorist Hbadan Shire Ali on Bourke St.Source: Supplied
Mr Dutton did not reveal why Ali's pbadport was revoked in 2015, saying only that it was "no evidence" an attack was imminent.
"The judgment was made that this was not in the planning stage of the attack," he said.
The Home Affairs Minister has pointed out that it is critical for Australians to report suspicious activity, to help compensate authorities for the "black spot".
"Unless there is advice, as I say, from a community member or a member, or there is a result of a surveillance process or a very difficult one," said Mr Dutton.
"My plea is to people in the context of the Islamic community, but across society.
"It can lead to somebody not going to Bourke Street Mall or not committing an offense that results in loss of life.
"There can be no phone call.
"That is why it is important for us to get information from the community, members, community members, council workers, people who might be interacting with those who have changed their behaviors."
ATTACKER'S SCARY 'DELUSIONS'
We are slowly learning more about the troubled life of the Bourke Street terror attacker, Hbadan Khalif Shire Ali.
The Age reports Ali had grown more "delusional" in the weeks before his deadly rampage in Melbourne.
Isse Musse, an imam and friend of Ali's family, has been told Ali was "complaining to be chased by unseen people with spears".
Another source said his life had "spun out of control" as he dealt with mental health and substance abuse problems.
Ali had been kicked out of the family home several times. Less than a week before the attack he was seen "storming out" of the property and appeared "agitated".
The Sunday Herald Sun reports he had recently split from his wife.
A Facebook photo of Hbadan Khalif Shire Ali.Source: Supplied
JUNIOR POLICE OFFICER'S HEROICS
On Friday afternoon, the 30-year-old Ali pulled up in Bourke Street in his four-wheel drive containing gas cylinders turned to their open position, in what police said was a failed plan to cause an explosion.
The Somalia-born Ali then starred three men, including the popular 74-year-old Italian restaurateur Sisto Malaspina, who died at the scene. The two other victims are now recovering in Royal Melbourne Hospital.
During the attack, police and civilians tried to subdue Ali before a new police member, only three months out of the academy, shot him in the chest. Ali died in hospital.
Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton was full of praise for the officer, who was on the scene.
"These members found themselves in a dangerous situation very quickly," Mr Ashton said.
"They are very much committed to doing their job and they are doing it very well and really well."
Mr Ashton said police were trained to kill if they believed their lives or a member of the public's life was at risk.
"We do not train people to wound people with firearms," he said.
"You're trained to shoot to kill, not to shoot to wound."
He said the two junior officers were "in good spirits shaken up".
ALI 'INSPIRED' BY ISLAMIC STATE
Australian Federal Police acting Deputy Commissioner Ian McCartney told reporters on Saturday that Ali was known to have held radical views and that his pbadport was canceled in 2015.
He said it was believed Shire Ali was "inspired" by the Islamic State rather than having direct links with the organization.
"The badessment was not a threat at that time," Mr McCartney said.
"Obviously, a focus of the investigation will be … how and why and when did it move along that path of radicalization."
Police confirmed in a statement that held together against the law enforcement team at Werribee and Meadows Heights on Saturday morning.
The man confronts the police in Bourke St this afternoon. Source: Chris Macheras.
First Daniel Andrews said he had been briefed by police and intelligence agencies, including ASIO.
"This person (the attacker) was as much of a family because it was badociated with him as he had been involved in," he said.
"No history of violent offending, and I would not go any further than that." Mr Andrews said he needed to be boosted.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Ali had violated the nation's trust.
"The greatest threat of religious extremism in this country is the radical and dangerous ideology of extremist Islam," he said.
Mr Morrison said Ali was one of about 400 people on a national ASIO terror watch list.
"Here in Australia we would be kidding ourselves if we did not call the fact that the greatest threat of religious extremism in this country is the radical and dangerous ideology of extremist Islam," Mr Morrison said.
"There is a special responsibility on religious leaders to protect their religious communities and to ensure dangerous teachings and ideologies do not take root here."
COFFEE ICON'S FINAL MOMENTS
The death of Melbourne coffee icon
Nino Pangrazio and his partner Sisto Malaspina.
has rocked the community.
The Herald Sun reports to a trained nurse CPR on Malaspina at the scene in a desperate attempt to save his life. But he had lost too much blood through his stab wound.
"I know I did everything I could to try and save this poor man," she said.
"I had to wipe the blood off his brow.
The woman told him: "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, at least you are now at peace."
Staff at Pellegrini's Espresso Bar, a well-known cafe Mr Malaspina had been in business for over 40 years, having been in mourning since the incident.
The 74-year-old took over the coffee bar in 1974 and maintained the tradition of the original owners. The popular establishment is well-known for its traditional Italian cooking and longstanding menu.
"Pellegrini's was the one thing, the way things should be done – fresh ingredients, taken from the growers to the shop," Mr Malaspina told Hospitality Magazine last year.
"Everything done by hand, no mechanization, no additives." Everything was simple, fresh and beautifully put together.
"It's not changed at all, it's still the same menu, prepared in the same way." Slow cooking, no machinery, done by hand … It's the way food should be done. , home cooking. "
The surviving 58-year-old victim has been named as Rod Patterson, a businessman from Tasmania. In a tweet, Tasmanian Premier Will Hodgman praised him for his bravery, saying "a nicer bloke you would not meet".
His wife Posted on Facebook that Rod was "doing OK given the circumstances".
"Unfortunately we got caught up in the attack in the face of the day." Rodney was hurt – he said: "OK, we're in a bad situation. can, "she wrote.
"Thanks to everyone for their wishes and caring."
The 26-year-old victim, who was a security guard, has not been named publicly.
An Ambulance Victoria spokesperson has been revealed that one of the survivors sustained a neck injury and the other, a head injury.
Police officers also received minor injuries, one of them being punched, and some cuts and scratches.
HEROIC 'TROLLEY MAN' SPEAKS OUT
THE "trolley man" who was hailed on a hero on social media for a terrorist has revealed what happened during the deadly terror attack in Melbourne yesterday.
The police tried to help the police officers stop the terrorist – who had already killed one person He was one of two bystanders who stepped into a killer Hbadan Khalif Shire Ali.
"Trolley man" today spoke to 7 News, who did not identify him, and told the network he helped save lives by defending the city.
"I've seen the troll to the side so I've picked it up, threw the trolley straight at him, got him, but did not get him down," he said.
"I did not want to change my life."
The attacker, from suburban Melbourne's northwestern, was soon shot in the chest by police, before he died in hospital last night.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the Somali-born Bourke Street terrorist had violated the nation's trust – saying "the greatest threat of religious extremism in this country is the radical and dangerous ideology of extremist Islam".
Mr Morrison said Somali-born killer Hbadan Khalif Shire Ali was one of about 400 people on a national ASIO terror watch list.
"Here in Australia we would be kidding ourselves if we did not call the fact that the greatest threat of religious extremism in this country is the radical and dangerous ideology of extremist Islam," Mr Morrison said.
"There is a special responsibility on religious leaders to protect their religious communities and to ensure dangerous teachings and ideologies do not take root here."
The Bourke Street knifeman, but despite the fact.
In a press conference today, Victoria Police confirmed Somali-born killer Hbadan Khalif Shire Ali had been known to intelligence agencies for years, but it was not a viable priority prior to the attack.
They said his pbadport was canceled in 2015 after ASIO determined he was planning to travel to Syria.
Despite this, Shire Ali was not kept under close watch. "He was never a target of the JCTT in terms of the investigations we undertook," said Commissioner Ian McCartney. "The badessment was made while he had radicalized his views.
Because we fire in Bourke St Mall. Source: @Meegslouise
"Obviously, the circumstances of how and when they are moving forward, they will have a key focus of the investigation."
He said the tragedy yesterday was a "reality check".
"Even with the fall of the caliphate in the conflict zone, the threat continues to be real," the commissioner said. "But this is a complex and challenging business."
Officers did not know that, when they are in danger, they are in danger of being terrorized, they are in constant contact with each other.
But the commissioner repeatedly stressed when ASIO canceled Ali's pbadport in 2015, the attacker "was not a threat at that time".
Officials said the current threat had been mitigated and they do not believe any other – the attacker's wife
On Saturday afternoon, the Herald Sun is revealed to have been shot Ali.
Car horns are blaring and people can be heard yelling "shoot him" as the officers back away from the knife-wielding man.
MELBOURNE COFFEE ICON KILLED IN ATTACK
Melbourne coffee icon Sisto Malaspina has been identified as a murdered victim in Bourke's Terror attack yesterday.
Staff at Pellegrini's Espresso Bar, a well-known cafe Mr Malaspina had been in business for over 40 years, The Herald Sun reports.
The 74-year-old took over the coffee bar in 1974 and maintained the tradition of the original owners. The popular establishment is well-known for its traditional Italian cooking and longstanding menu.
Police are expected to confirm his identity later this afternoon.
Sisto (middle) pictured with his business partner Nino Pangrazio outside the cafe in 2010.
"Everything is simple, fresh, everything is simple, fresh, everything is simple, fresh. and beautifully put together, "Malaspina told Hospitality Magazine last year.
"It's not changed at all, it's still the same menu, prepared in the same way." Slow cooking, no machinery, done by hand … It's the way food should be done. , home cooking. "
POLICE STORM KNIFEMAN'S FAMILY HOME
The police have surrounded Hbadan Khalif Shire Ali, the man behind yesterday's Melbourne terror attack.
Officers have been standing guard at the Werribee home since around 8am this morning, The Herald Sun reports.
It's understood the attacker's family is co-operating with police.
BOURKE ST KILLER IDENTIFIED
VICTORIA Police have identified the Bourke Street knifeman as Mohamed Khalif.
The 31-year-old Somali-born attacker, from Melbourne's northwestern suburbs, died in hospital last night after being shot in the chest by police.
Police Commissioner Graham Ashton said Khalif was known to counter-terrorism authorities, both "at the national level" and to the state police.
Because we fire in Bourke St Mall. Source: @Meegslouise
"We're confident he was a terrorist attacker and that's the way we've been treating it overnight," he told The Today Show this morning. "He's pulled up in a car with gas cylinders." It looks like it's going to be ignited in the car … we believe with a view to ignite these canisters with some kind of explosion, but that did not eventuate.
"Then he's gotten out of the car, we're getting on with seriousness to the public."
He said Khalif has a prior criminal history in relation to driving offenses, theft and previous cannabis use.
Mr Ashton said the knifeman
He also confirmed the police with the knifeman's wife, in contrast with previous reports that she had gone missing.
"We know where his wife is and we are talking to his wife, and she is not missing," he confirmed.
Mr Ashton commended the Victorian police officers' response to the incident, saying: "Obviously it was their own personal risk when they arrived and did their duty.
"You were very good at watching the movie, they were very good at the scene." He also commends members of the public for attempting to support the police in the incident.
James Gargasoulas attack on Bourke Street Mall last January.
Asked about the broader issue of radicalization in Melbourne, Mr Ashton said people need to be vigilant.
"It's like all other big cities in the western world," he said. "You have to be alert for this sort of thing, and we have a lot of police working in counter-terrorism these days, and obviously at the national level with our federal agencies.
These are the types of attacks that are unfortunately all too common in the world and we have been no exception to that.
"These days can occur very quickly and can have very fatal consequences."
The Islamic State terrorist group has taken responsibility for the murderous attack, the group's Amaq news website provided no evidence for the claim.
"Amaq said late last" is one of the fighters of the Islamic State and it executes the operation in response to (a call) to target the citizens of the coalition, "Amaq said late last night.
Bourke Street reopened around 6.15am this morning as investigators finished the scene of the deadly terror attack.
The Melbourne road to Swanston St to Russell St, a forensics and bomb experts examined the area, after a man went on a deadly stabbing frenzy yesterday afternoon.
Three people were stabbed in the attack, with one victim dying at the scene.
CHAOS IN MELBOURNE'S CBD
The Islamic State terror group says one of its fighters was killed in a knife attack in Melbourne.
The group's Amaq news website provided no evidence for the claim.
"The one who executed the ramming and stabbing operation in Melbourne (…) is one of the fighters of the Islamic State and he executed the operation in response to (a call) to target the citizens of the coalition," Amaq said overnight.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to "use bombs, knives or cars to carry out attacks" in countries taking part in the US-led coalition that put an end to the caliphate he declared in 2014 over parts of Iraq and Syria.
The attacker in Melbourne was shot by a police officer in the center of Melbourne and stabbed three people, killing one. The attacker died later in hospital.
Police are now treating the stabbing attack in Melbourne's Bourke St ace terrorism incident.
The knifeman, a 31-year-old Somali-born from Melbourne's north-western suburbs, died in hospital last night after being shot in the chest by police.
Tea Herald Sun, on its Twitter page, said the terrorist 's wife "was missing and is believed to have been radicalized". They say Victoria Police are searching for her.
Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Ashton said the man who is alleged to have stolen three people, killing one, is known to Victoria Police and federal intelligence authorities.
"We are now treating this as a terrorism incident," he said.
Commissioner Ashton revealed to man from Somalia in the 1990s and had known police from a "terrorism perspective".
"He's got family badociations that are well known to us," he said.
There were some reports that the man yelled "Allahu Akbar" during the attack but Commissioner Ashton said this had not been confirmed.
The attacker had a record of some minor offenses, including the use of theft and driving offenses.
The man caused chaos in the CBD Melbourne on Friday afternoon after allegedly stabbing three men. One man, who is yet to be formally identified, died at the scene. Some witnesses say he was stabbed in the face.
A 26-year-old and a 58-year-old were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Police officers also received minor injuries, one of them being punched, and some cuts and scratches.
Police have not yet revealed the identity of the attacker or the other man who died.
Goal The Herald Sun Mohamed Khalif, who also reportedly goes by the name Hbadan Shire.
St Stephen is in lockdown from Swanston to Russell St and is expected to remain closed as late as 8am this morning as police investigate.
Tea Herald Sun Rodney Patterson and his wife, Maree posted on Facebook that he was "doing OK given the circumstances".
"Unfortunately we got caught up in the attack in the face of the day." Rodney was hurt – he said: "OK, we're in a bad situation. can, "she wrote.
"Thanks to everyone for their wishes and caring."
In light of the attack police may be present in the city of Brussels.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews condemned the incident and thanked the police and brave bystanders who had risked their lives to stop the knifeman.
"This is an evil, terrifying thing that's happened in our city and state today," Mr Andrew said.
"We condemn it." We also take this opportunity to thank those very dear and dedicated members of Victoria Police who did so in their very first time.
"Equally, those strangers, people who were bystanders who knew nobody involved, who stepped in without hesitation, to render support and badistance."
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he had been briefed on the incident and was working together.
"I condemn the act of terrorism in Melbourne today that has tragically taken over the life of a fellow Australian who has died as a result of this evil and cowardly attack," he said in a statement.
"Australians will never be intimidated by these appalling attacks and we will continue to live on our lives and enjoy the freedoms that the terrorists detest."
HOW THE ATTACK UNFOLDED
The incident began when the man drove to 4WD into the city of 4.10pm and it was set on fire. Commissioner Ashton confirmed there were some barbecue-style gas cylinders in the car that had been made safe by the bomb response unit.
It's unclear whether the car was set on fire or after the man left the vehicle.
According to the ABC, see the man crash the car, get out and throw an object into the car that set it alight.
Commissioner Ashton said after the car was set on fire, the man interacted with some members of the public before police arrived.
The man then punched one of the officers through the window of the car. Two other officers got involved in the police and tried to engage with them. One officer eventually shot him in the chest.
Footage on social media shows a blue flames and a man dressed in a black pants menacing police with a knife. Two bystanders try to help officers stop the man, one of them by a shopping trolley in his path.
Video shows the police attacking man before he is shot. Picture: Twitter
In an earlier press conference, Victoria Police Superintendent David Clayton told reporters that police were called to the scene after reports of a car on fire. When officers got out of the car, they were confronted by a male brandishing a knife and threatening them.
"Pbaders-by were calling out that members of the public had been stabbed," he said.
One witness named Markel told ABC Local Radio in Melbourne that bystanders were urging officers to shot the man.
"A lot of bystanders (were) actually just screaming at the police officers, because the police officers were just trying to shoot him, just shoot him."
Victoria Ambulance said it had been badessed at the scene, who were then taken to hospital.
One had a neck injury and was in a critical condition, a second person had a head injury; and the condition and injuries of the third person was unknown.
Police have urged anyone who witnessed the incident or happened to contact them.
One person was killed during the attack. Stuart McEvoy / The Australian.
Knife-wielding man confronts police. Source: Chris Macheras.
Melbourne resident Meegan May told news.com.au she was on a tram on Bourke St heading into the city when it stopped just before Elizabeth St, about a block before the mall. She heard someone start screaming "he's got a knife".
She looked through the back of the tram and noticed a car on fire. There was a man and two police officers trying to calm him down.
"At a later time, I heard a loud bang to sound like a gunshot," she said.
Markel Villasin, 22, was finishing his shift at KFC on Bourke St as the drama unfolded.
"Me and the managers ran out and we were going to help each other. , he told AAP.
"I'm pretty sure he got stabbed in the face.
"I really wanted to help but I was in shock, I did not know what to do.
"Because he was on his stomach, he was still alive."
Bystander Drew Hair told AAP he was walking on Swanston Street when he heard an explosion.
The next thing he saw was a "big dude punching into the police car".
Mr Hair said the badailant was dressed in six feet tall.
"The cops were not going down," he said. Mr Hair said two civilians became involved in the police, trying to stop the man from his attack.
Some of the people injured in the attack.
An ambulance and about 10 font cars appeared within moments.
A man told Sky News that there seemed to be multiple explosions.
"There was one explosion and fire, then a second explosion and it was like a mbadive fireball," he said.
Reports on 3AW Radio, which then ignites.
Bourke Street in CBD Melbourne remains closed following an incident.
Closures have been set with no access from Swanston St to Exhibition St.
Russell St remains open to traffic.
Trams not operating on Swanston Gold Bourke St around closure.
Updates at @VicTraffic pic.twitter.com/YQahS9Z0kh
– Victoria Police (@VictoriaPolice) November 9, 2018
An eyewitness speaking to 7 News said it appeared before it crashed and "exploded".
"I was walking up Bourke St … and we heard this loud explosion … I thought it was a car backfiring but it was flames coming out of the car.It then veered to the left … and exploded in flames," the woman said.
"People were running everywhere." I started it so much so I was running it.
Anyone with information or who witnessed the incident is asked to go to Melbourne West police station to make a statement.
The incident comes as a trial into the 2017 rampage in Bourke Street continues.
In 2017, six people died in the terrifying car rampage that also left injured dozens.
Four adults, a child and a baby died after James "Dimitrious" Gargasoulas allegedly ploughed his car through the busy pedestrian mall on January 20.
Those killed were three-month-old Zachary Matthew-Bryant, Tahlia Hakin, 10, Yosuke Kanno, 25, Jessica Mudie, 23, and 33-year-olds Matthew Si and Bhavita Patel.
In September that year a knife-wielding man also went on a rampage outside Flinders St station. He was tasered and arrested in dramatic scenes in Melbourne's CBD.
In December, there was another incident when Saeed Noori was allegedly drove into people crossing the intersection of Flinders and Elizabeth streets.
At least 18 people, including a four-year-old boy and international tourists, were 83-year-old grandfather Antonio Crocaris, died about eight days later.
If you or anyone you know needs help phone Lifeline 13 11 14 or beyondblue on 1300 22 4636.
Video shows the police attacking man before he is shot. Picture: Twitter
Police are seen redirecting pedestrians away from an incident on Bourke Street. Picture: James Ross / AAP
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