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| Melbourne Bourke Street attack: Police say assailant had links to Islamic State - latest updates | Melbourne Bourke Street attack: Police say assailant had links to Islamic State - latest updates |
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| Tim Smith is a senior frontbencher in the Victorian Liberal-National opposition. | |
| Strong leadership from @MatthewGuyMP. Sisto Malaspina - a lovely man - was murdered by a Somali-Australian our country gave refuge to. Violence on our streets must end, and it must never be excused. I will never accept violent extremism as a part of modern Australian life. pic.twitter.com/GsAEEVXbUq | |
| Since Sisto Malaspina was identified as the victim about 11am, a shrine has been created outside Pellegrini’s, the iconic Melbourne restaurant that he has owned since 1974. | |
| A small crowd has now gathered outside the cafe. A sign on the door reads: “Due to an incident, Pellegrini’s will be closed until Monday 12th.” | |
| Mourners have begun leaving flowers and signing a tribute book left on a bar stool that has been left at the doorstep. There are also flowers at the window and a large photo of Malaspina. | |
| Considered a Melbourne institution, the Bourke Street cafe is about 100 metres from Spring Street, where Victoria’s parliament is located. | |
| Malaspina owned the cafe with his business partner Nino Pangrazio. | |
| A shrine has been created outside Pellegrini’s after the death of Sisto Malaspina. RIP #bourkestreet pic.twitter.com/NYUcCKPK5P | |
| I am devastated. I’ve known Sisto’s smiling, beautiful face all my life. My first coffee, my first date, my Melbourne life. This man, this bar, this lane, this community is the heart of Melbourne - and it will always beat strong. #Sisto #Pellegrinis https://t.co/kIcB0KhfNo | |
| Oh no...Such terrible news!Many, many times spent in Pellegrinis with kind and welcoming Sisto behind the counter.Condolences to friends, family and yes, Melbourne.Youv'e lost a precious piece of your heart and soul.Sympathies. https://t.co/euXBwdxoU5 | |
| Victoria’s chief police commissioner, Graham Ashton, provided an update this morning, alongside Australian Federal Police acting deputy commissioner Ian McCartney and Melbourne lord mayor Sally Capp. | |
| McCartney said the attacker, Hassan Khalif Shire Ali, 30, had links to Islamic State. | |
| “I think it is fair to say he was inspired,” McCartney said. “He was radicalised.” | |
| Asked how seriously police took Isis’s declaration of responsibility for the attack, Ashton said it was difficult to know at this stage. | |
| He said the police had been in contact with Shire Ali’s wife. | |
| Ashton was not ready to identify the victim, who we now know is Sisto Malaspina, owner of a popular Italian restaurant Pellegrini’s. That official confirmation is expected to come later today | |
| Of the other two victims, Tasmanian man Rod Patterson and an as-yet unidentified Hampton Park security guard, the police commissioner said authorities believed they would recover and be out of hospital soon. They have had surgery at the Royal Melbourne hospital. | |
| Ashton also said police had no information to suggest there were any additional threats present for coming events in Melbourne tonight, including an A-League match and a spring carnival race day at Flemington. | |
| Capp, said Red Cross volunteers were roaming the streets of Melbourne to provide assistance. | |
| The prime minister, Scott Morrison, also spoke to the media this morning. | The prime minister, Scott Morrison, also spoke to the media this morning. |
| Morrison said the efforts of emergency services workers, who tended not only to the victims but the attacker as well reminded “everyone what a decent, fair and humane people we are”. | Morrison said the efforts of emergency services workers, who tended not only to the victims but the attacker as well reminded “everyone what a decent, fair and humane people we are”. |
| He said Australians would be grieving for a “life tragically and violently taken”. | He said Australians would be grieving for a “life tragically and violently taken”. |
| The prime minister has been in contact with police and intelligence agencies, as well as the Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, and the state opposition leader, Matthew Guy, and has offered a briefing to the Labor leader, Bill Shorten. | The prime minister has been in contact with police and intelligence agencies, as well as the Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, and the state opposition leader, Matthew Guy, and has offered a briefing to the Labor leader, Bill Shorten. |
| Morrison closed his prepared remarks with a statement against “radical, violent extremist Islam that opposes our very way of life”, saying he needed to “call it out”. | Morrison closed his prepared remarks with a statement against “radical, violent extremist Islam that opposes our very way of life”, saying he needed to “call it out”. |
| He said it was the “greatest threat of religious extremism” in the country, and applauded those Muslims who were working to combat it. | He said it was the “greatest threat of religious extremism” in the country, and applauded those Muslims who were working to combat it. |
| I am the first to protect religious freedom in this country. But that also means I must be the first to call out religious extremism. Religious extremism takes many forms around the world and no religion is immune from it. That is the lesson of history and sadly modern history as well. | I am the first to protect religious freedom in this country. But that also means I must be the first to call out religious extremism. Religious extremism takes many forms around the world and no religion is immune from it. That is the lesson of history and sadly modern history as well. |
| Friday’s attack came at a time when Victoria is in the midst of an election campaign. The Liberal leader, Matthew Guy, issued a statement on Saturday morning. | Friday’s attack came at a time when Victoria is in the midst of an election campaign. The Liberal leader, Matthew Guy, issued a statement on Saturday morning. |
| I do not, have not and never will accept that “violent extremism is part of contemporary Australia. | I do not, have not and never will accept that “violent extremism is part of contemporary Australia. |
| No Victorian or Australian should accept that. | No Victorian or Australian should accept that. |
| I do not accept it as Opposition Leader and I would never accept it as Premier. | I do not accept it as Opposition Leader and I would never accept it as Premier. |
| Victorians deserve and have a right to live in safety and while we can never be immune from the threat of terror, as yesterday’s events demonstrate, we should never accept it as part of our way of life. | Victorians deserve and have a right to live in safety and while we can never be immune from the threat of terror, as yesterday’s events demonstrate, we should never accept it as part of our way of life. |
| Terrorism can be defeated, but never by accepting it as the normal part of life. | Terrorism can be defeated, but never by accepting it as the normal part of life. |
| I will never accept blood on the streets of Melbourne as the norm. | I will never accept blood on the streets of Melbourne as the norm. |
| Only ruthless determination to stamp out terrorism or crime of any sort can protect our community; be it the domestic terror of a home invasion or rioters and gangs roaming our streets | Only ruthless determination to stamp out terrorism or crime of any sort can protect our community; be it the domestic terror of a home invasion or rioters and gangs roaming our streets |
| There can be no complacency and no equivocation when it comes to protecting the community. | There can be no complacency and no equivocation when it comes to protecting the community. |
| We must stand resolutely against terrorism. And that is what I would do as Premier. | We must stand resolutely against terrorism. And that is what I would do as Premier. |
| No ifs or buts, and no acceptance that extremism is just part of contemporary Victoria. | No ifs or buts, and no acceptance that extremism is just part of contemporary Victoria. |
| A government I lead will never accept that violent extremism is part of contemporary Australia. | A government I lead will never accept that violent extremism is part of contemporary Australia. |
| The victim of Friday’s Bourke Street attack has been identified. He is popular Melbourne restauranteur Sisto Malaspina, who ran the Italian restaurant Pellegrini’s in the city’s CBD. | The victim of Friday’s Bourke Street attack has been identified. He is popular Melbourne restauranteur Sisto Malaspina, who ran the Italian restaurant Pellegrini’s in the city’s CBD. |
| Read our report below. | Read our report below. |
| Hello and welcome to our coverage of the latest updates of the attack at Melbourne’s Bourke Street. | Hello and welcome to our coverage of the latest updates of the attack at Melbourne’s Bourke Street. |