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title: Melbourne, Australia - Fire & Stabbing Incident
description: Melbourne, Australia - Fire & Stabbing Incident
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# [Melbourne, Australia - Fire & Stabbing Incident](https://news.cisabroad.com/news/melbourne-australia-fire-stabbing-incident)

 Written by [CISabroad Blog Team](https://news.cisabroad.com/author/cisabroad-blog-team) | Nov 12, 2018 4:16:37 PM

All students and staff in Melbourne, Australia were deemed safe after a man [lit his vehicle on fire and stabbed three people in the CBD](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-46147581) on Friday. The man was apprehended and died in the hospital later that day and the authorities have categorized the attack as terror-related. Local police have deemed the incident is not an ongoing threat.

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