(The Australian) John Ferguson - Hassan Khalif Shire Ali, the terrorist who drove a burning utility vehicle into the heart of Melbourne's Bourke Street Friday and stabbed three men, was known to Victoria Police and federal intelligence agencies. Shire Ali, 30, was shot in the chest at close range by police after his vehicle, full of gas cylinders, exploded near the mall. Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton confirmed the incident was terrorism. Shire Ali arrived in Australia from Somalia in the 1990s.
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