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| Brisbane bus driver dies after being set on fire by passenger | Brisbane bus driver dies after being set on fire by passenger |
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| A bus driver has died in Brisbane, Australia, after a passenger threw an "item" which set him on fire, say police. | |
| Six "deeply traumatised" passengers escaped the smoke-filled vehicle with the help of a taxi driver who forced open the back door of the bus. | Six "deeply traumatised" passengers escaped the smoke-filled vehicle with the help of a taxi driver who forced open the back door of the bus. |
| Eleven people were treated by paramedics for smoke inhalation and minor injuries. | Eleven people were treated by paramedics for smoke inhalation and minor injuries. |
| Police arrested a 48-year-old man and have ruled out terrorism. | Police arrested a 48-year-old man and have ruled out terrorism. |
| The bus driver was identified as Manmeet Alisher, a 29-year-old man well known in Brisbane's Indian community. | |
| Friends described him as a talented singer and dancer who was engaged to be married. | |
| "I've been confronted with many situations, but here, this is a rare one where there appears to be no apparent motive," Police Supt Jim Keogh told reporters. | "I've been confronted with many situations, but here, this is a rare one where there appears to be no apparent motive," Police Supt Jim Keogh told reporters. |
| "A bus driver, going about doing his business, supporting the community, has had his life taken from him in what is a senseless and needless act." | "A bus driver, going about doing his business, supporting the community, has had his life taken from him in what is a senseless and needless act." |
| Taxi driver Aguek Nyok helped passengers escape. | Taxi driver Aguek Nyok helped passengers escape. |
| "All the people were at the back trying to get out of the bus but they couldn't get out the front because of the flames," he told the Courier-Mail newspaper. | "All the people were at the back trying to get out of the bus but they couldn't get out the front because of the flames," he told the Courier-Mail newspaper. |
| "They couldn't open the back door so I kicked it down and they all came running out." | "They couldn't open the back door so I kicked it down and they all came running out." |
| Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said it was "a very, very sad day for the council and the wider community". | Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said it was "a very, very sad day for the council and the wider community". |
| Flags will be flown at half-mast across the city on Saturday as sign of respect for the 29-year-old driver. | Flags will be flown at half-mast across the city on Saturday as sign of respect for the 29-year-old driver. |