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| Bourke Street attack: stabbed security guard recounts chaos of Melbourne rampage | Bourke Street attack: stabbed security guard recounts chaos of Melbourne rampage |
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| A security guard who rushed to a burning car to lend a hand during Melbourne’s Bourke Street rampage has recalled how he was attacked by knife-wielding Hassan Khalif Shire Ali. | A security guard who rushed to a burning car to lend a hand during Melbourne’s Bourke Street rampage has recalled how he was attacked by knife-wielding Hassan Khalif Shire Ali. |
| Shadi, 26, on Wednesday gave his account of the confrontation that left him fearing for his life. | Shadi, 26, on Wednesday gave his account of the confrontation that left him fearing for his life. |
| “I thought there were innocent people in the vehicle,” he said in a video distributed by Victoria police. “I tried to go to assist and then I realised I didn’t know what was going on. | “I thought there were innocent people in the vehicle,” he said in a video distributed by Victoria police. “I tried to go to assist and then I realised I didn’t know what was going on. |
| “There was a loud explosion, everyone screaming, running. Then, out of nowhere, I got attacked ... from the guy running around stabbing people.” | “There was a loud explosion, everyone screaming, running. Then, out of nowhere, I got attacked ... from the guy running around stabbing people.” |
| In an unsteady voice, the Hampton Park man, who did not want to give his surname, said his main concern was to prevent more people getting hurt. | In an unsteady voice, the Hampton Park man, who did not want to give his surname, said his main concern was to prevent more people getting hurt. |
| Family of Melbourne attack victim Sisto Malaspina accept state funeral | |
| But then he also fell victim to 30-year-old Shire Ali. | But then he also fell victim to 30-year-old Shire Ali. |
| “He stabbed me, tried to kill me,” Shadi said. “He hit me in the neck. Luckily I got away. | “He stabbed me, tried to kill me,” Shadi said. “He hit me in the neck. Luckily I got away. |
| “I just had to get out of there. If I stayed, different story. I am very lucky to be alive.” | “I just had to get out of there. If I stayed, different story. I am very lucky to be alive.” |
| Shadi said he noticed emergency personnel arriving to apprehend the knifeman as he held his jacket around his neck to stop the bleeding. | Shadi said he noticed emergency personnel arriving to apprehend the knifeman as he held his jacket around his neck to stop the bleeding. |
| He also offered his personal thanks to a police officer who then held his neck all the way from Bourke Street to the hospital to put pressure on the wound. | He also offered his personal thanks to a police officer who then held his neck all the way from Bourke Street to the hospital to put pressure on the wound. |
| “No one deserves to get hurt in our city,” said Shadi, who hopes to become a police officer himself. “What happened on Friday just makes me want to protect and serve the public.” | “No one deserves to get hurt in our city,” said Shadi, who hopes to become a police officer himself. “What happened on Friday just makes me want to protect and serve the public.” |
| Shire Ali’s attack killed much-loved Melbourne restaurateur Sisto Malaspina, 74. | Shire Ali’s attack killed much-loved Melbourne restaurateur Sisto Malaspina, 74. |
| Tasmanian businessman Robert Patterson, 58, was also injured in the incident and was released from hospital on Tuesday. | Tasmanian businessman Robert Patterson, 58, was also injured in the incident and was released from hospital on Tuesday. |
| Shire Ali, whose passport was cancelled by authorities in 2015 amid concerns the Somali-born man would try to go to Syria to fight for Islamic State, was shot by police and died later in hospital. | Shire Ali, whose passport was cancelled by authorities in 2015 amid concerns the Somali-born man would try to go to Syria to fight for Islamic State, was shot by police and died later in hospital. |
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