As it happened: CBD horror, four dead, thirty one hospitalised as car knocks down pedestrians
As it happened: CBD horror, four dead, thirty one hospitalised as car knocks down pedestrians
Five people – including a baby boy – are dead and thirty have been hospitalised after a speeding car ploughed through pedestrians in the middle of Melbourne’s CBD.
- 11:34pm on twenty Jan 2017
We are bringing our live blog to a close. Thank you for reading.
Here are the key facts on Friday’s bloody rampage in Melbourne’s CBD.
A man identified as James ‘Jimmy’ Gargasoulas allegedly drove a car through a crowd of pedestrians on Bourke Street, killing four people and injuring at least twenty others.
Among the four people killed were a man in his 30s, a woman in her 30s, and a youthful child. Police confirmed the death of the fourth person on Friday night but are not releasing the age and gender of the deceased until next of kin have been notified.
The Australian Jewish News is reporting that one of the victims was a 10-year-old female from Beth Rivkah College in St Kilda East. The publication also said the woman’s mother and sister were in hospital in a critical condition.
A three-month-old baby female who was rushed to hospital by police officers is among six people with life-threatening injuries.
Three people are in a critical condition at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and two are in a critical condition at The Alfred. (One of these people may since have died)
An extra twenty three people are being treated for injuries in Melbourne hospitals, including some who went into shock after witnessing the incident.
Mr Gargasoulas, 26, has been arrested. He is in hospital after being shot in the arm by police.
Mr Gargasoulas is accused of stabbing his brother, Angelo, in his mother’s public housing plane in Windsor on Friday morning. Police said he has a history of family violence, as well as mental health and drug problems.
On Wednesday night, Mr Gargasoulas allegedly attacked 76-year-old Gavin Wilson, who lives at his mother’s housing commission flats, and demanded the keys to his car.
The car, a maroon sedan, was used in Friday’s rampage.
Mr Gargasoulas, who is a father to a number of children, has been posting ranting and and angry comments on social media this week about God, war and police.
Police said the incident was not terror-related.
- Ten:41pm on twenty Jan 2017
Police have reopened Flinders and Swanston Streets
The intersection of Flinders and Swanston Streets has been reopened this evening, police say.
Gargasoulas was filmed doing doughnuts at the busy intersection before allegedly running down pedestrians on Bourke Street on Friday.
The intersection of Flinders and Swantson Streets are now open to the public.
— Victoria Police (@VictoriaPolice) January 20, two thousand seventeen
- Ten:19pm on twenty Jan 2017
Man accused of Bourke Street rampage seen in live TV cross
The man who ploughed through crowds in Bourke Street drove through a Channel nine reporter’s live cross on Friday morning.
Neary Ty was reporting in Windsor about an alleged stabbing when a man believed to be the driver of the maroon car, James ‘Jimmy’ Gargasoulas, stopped in the background and poked his head out of the drivers’ window.
Speaking to Nine News on Friday afternoon, Ms Ty said: “The man embarked ranting and raving and swearing. He was swinging his crimson hat out of the window.”
Police believe Gargasoulas stabbed his brother, Angelo, at their mother’s public housing plane in the early hours of Friday morning.
- 9:39pm on twenty Jan 2017
10-year-old Jewish damsel among the four people killed
The Australian Jewish News is reporting that one of the victims was a 10-year-old female from Beth Rivkah College in St Kilda East.
The publication is also reporting the doll’s mother and sister are also in hospital in a critical condition.
Police have confirmed that four people were killed in the Bourke Street incident.
- 9:29pm on twenty Jan 2017
Premier Daniel Andrews: “our hearts are cracking this afternoon”
Premier Daniel Andrews has called the incident an “evil criminal act” but has thanked emergency services and ordinary Victorians for coming to the aid of those injured.
“Our emergency services have done us proud in the most difficult of circumstances,” he said.
He said the apprehended man had no links to terrorist organisations or criminal activity.
“He is no longer a threat to Victorians thanks to the good work of Victoria Police,” he said.
He said stories were emerging of “ordinary Victorians coming to the aid of their fellow citizens” after pedestrians were run down on Bourke Street.
“Our hearts are violating this afternoon that a number of poeple have died, and some remain in a critical condition.”
“We can be certain we are stronger than this evil criminal act,” he said.
- 9:26pm on twenty Jan 2017
Bourke Street incident: what we know so far
Update: Here are the key facts on the Bourke Street incident.
A man driving a maroon car knocked down a number of pedestrians on Bourke Street, killing four people and injuring at least 20.
The four people killed were a man in his 30s, a woman in her 30s, a youthfull child and a fourth person. Police confirmed the death of the fourth person about 9pm on Friday but are not disclosing the age and gender of the deceased until the next of kin have been notified.
Six people have been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries, including a three-month-old baby lady who was rushed by police car to the Royal Children’s Hospital. Three people are in a critical condition at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and two are in a critical condition at The Alfred. (One of these may since have died)
An extra twenty three people are presently being treated for injuries in Melbourne hospitals, including some people who went into shock after witnessing the incident.
The driver of the car has been arrested. The Age has identified him as James “Jimmy” Gargasoulas, 26. He was accused of stabbing his brother in Windsor on Friday morning. He has a history of family violence, as well as mental health and drug problems
The incident was not terror-related.
Police are advising Melburnians to avoid the following area while they conduct their investigation into the incident.
Please avoid this area while Victoria Police investigate the Bourke St mall incident. @EMV_news pic.twitter.com/o0YhQHMSoy
— Victoria Police (@VictoriaPolice) January 20, two thousand seventeen
Before running down pedestrians on Bourke Street, Gargasoulas was filmed doing doughnuts at the Swanston/Flinders Street intersection.
How #Melbourne’s car rampage unfolded: three dead, twenty injured as man drove at people in #BourkeStMall. Latest on #7News. pic.twitter.com/5OKvIZfcHt
Victims Support Line: Witnesses and victims requiring support can call one thousand eight hundred 819 817.
As it happened: CBD horror, four dead, thirty one hospitalised as car knocks down pedestrians
As it happened: CBD horror, four dead, thirty one hospitalised as car knocks down pedestrians
Five people – including a baby boy – are dead and thirty have been hospitalised after a speeding car ploughed through pedestrians in the middle of Melbourne’s CBD.
- 11:34pm on twenty Jan 2017
We are bringing our live blog to a close. Thank you for reading.
Here are the key facts on Friday’s bloody rampage in Melbourne’s CBD.
A man identified as James ‘Jimmy’ Gargasoulas allegedly drove a car through a crowd of pedestrians on Bourke Street, killing four people and injuring at least twenty others.
Among the four people killed were a man in his 30s, a woman in her 30s, and a youthfull child. Police confirmed the death of the fourth person on Friday night but are not releasing the age and gender of the deceased until next of kin have been notified.
The Australian Jewish News is reporting that one of the victims was a 10-year-old female from Beth Rivkah College in St Kilda East. The publication also said the chick’s mother and sister were in hospital in a critical condition.
A three-month-old baby dame who was rushed to hospital by police officers is among six people with life-threatening injuries.
Three people are in a critical condition at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and two are in a critical condition at The Alfred. (One of these people may since have died)
An extra twenty three people are being treated for injuries in Melbourne hospitals, including some who went into shock after witnessing the incident.
Mr Gargasoulas, 26, has been arrested. He is in hospital after being shot in the arm by police.
Mr Gargasoulas is accused of stabbing his brother, Angelo, in his mother’s public housing plane in Windsor on Friday morning. Police said he has a history of family violence, as well as mental health and drug problems.
On Wednesday night, Mr Gargasoulas allegedly attacked 76-year-old Gavin Wilson, who lives at his mother’s housing commission flats, and demanded the keys to his car.
The car, a maroon sedan, was used in Friday’s rampage.
Mr Gargasoulas, who is a father to a number of children, has been posting ranting and and angry comments on social media this week about God, war and police.
Police said the incident was not terror-related.
- Ten:41pm on twenty Jan 2017
Police have reopened Flinders and Swanston Streets
The intersection of Flinders and Swanston Streets has been reopened this evening, police say.
Gargasoulas was filmed doing doughnuts at the busy intersection before allegedly running down pedestrians on Bourke Street on Friday.
The intersection of Flinders and Swantson Streets are now open to the public.
— Victoria Police (@VictoriaPolice) January 20, two thousand seventeen
- Ten:19pm on twenty Jan 2017
Man accused of Bourke Street rampage seen in live TV cross
The man who ploughed through crowds in Bourke Street drove through a Channel nine reporter’s live cross on Friday morning.
Neary Ty was reporting in Windsor about an alleged stabbing when a man believed to be the driver of the maroon car, James ‘Jimmy’ Gargasoulas, stopped in the background and poked his head out of the drivers’ window.
Speaking to Nine News on Friday afternoon, Ms Ty said: “The man embarked ranting and raving and swearing. He was flapping his crimson hat out of the window.”
Police believe Gargasoulas stabbed his brother, Angelo, at their mother’s public housing vapid in the early hours of Friday morning.
- 9:39pm on twenty Jan 2017
10-year-old Jewish dame among the four people killed
The Australian Jewish News is reporting that one of the victims was a 10-year-old chick from Beth Rivkah College in St Kilda East.
The publication is also reporting the damsel’s mother and sister are also in hospital in a critical condition.
Police have confirmed that four people were killed in the Bourke Street incident.
- 9:29pm on twenty Jan 2017
Premier Daniel Andrews: “our hearts are cracking this afternoon”
Premier Daniel Andrews has called the incident an “evil criminal act” but has thanked emergency services and ordinary Victorians for coming to the aid of those injured.
“Our emergency services have done us proud in the most difficult of circumstances,” he said.
He said the apprehended man had no links to terrorist organisations or criminal activity.
“He is no longer a threat to Victorians thanks to the good work of Victoria Police,” he said.
He said stories were emerging of “ordinary Victorians coming to the aid of their fellow citizens” after pedestrians were run down on Bourke Street.
“Our hearts are cracking this afternoon that a number of poeple have died, and some remain in a critical condition.”
“We can be certain we are stronger than this evil criminal act,” he said.
- 9:26pm on twenty Jan 2017
Bourke Street incident: what we know so far
Update: Here are the key facts on the Bourke Street incident.
A man driving a maroon car knocked down a number of pedestrians on Bourke Street, killing four people and injuring at least 20.
The four people killed were a man in his 30s, a woman in her 30s, a youthfull child and a fourth person. Police confirmed the death of the fourth person about 9pm on Friday but are not disclosing the age and gender of the deceased until the next of kin have been notified.
Six people have been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries, including a three-month-old baby doll who was rushed by police car to the Royal Children’s Hospital. Three people are in a critical condition at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and two are in a critical condition at The Alfred. (One of these may since have died)
An extra twenty three people are presently being treated for injuries in Melbourne hospitals, including some people who went into shock after witnessing the incident.
The driver of the car has been arrested. The Age has identified him as James “Jimmy” Gargasoulas, 26. He was accused of stabbing his brother in Windsor on Friday morning. He has a history of family violence, as well as mental health and drug problems
The incident was not terror-related.
Police are advising Melburnians to avoid the following area while they conduct their investigation into the incident.
Please avoid this area while Victoria Police investigate the Bourke St mall incident. @EMV_news pic.twitter.com/o0YhQHMSoy
— Victoria Police (@VictoriaPolice) January 20, two thousand seventeen
Before running down pedestrians on Bourke Street, Gargasoulas was filmed doing doughnuts at the Swanston/Flinders Street intersection.
How #Melbourne’s car rampage unfolded: three dead, twenty injured as man drove at people in #BourkeStMall. Latest on #7News. pic.twitter.com/5OKvIZfcHt
Victims Support Line: Witnesses and victims requiring support can call one thousand eight hundred 819 817.