December 2017 Melbourne car attack

December 2017 Melbourne car attack
Corner of Flinders Street and Elizabeth Street, where the incident took place, as seen in February 2006
LocationMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Coordinates37°49′06″S 144°57′54″E / 37.8182°S 144.9650°E / -37.8182; 144.9650
Date21 December 2017 (2017-12-21)
4:41 pm (AEDT)
Attack type
Vehicular attack[1][2]
WeaponsSuzuki Vitara
Deaths1
Injured18 (including the perpetrator)
PerpetratorSaeed Noori[3]

On 21 December 2017, at 4:41 pm AEDT, a driver rammed pedestrians with his car at the corner of Flinders Street and Elizabeth Street in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, killing one person and injuring seventeen others, including himself. The sole fatality, an elderly man, died eight days after the attack.

  1. ^ "Melbourne officials investigating motive in latest vehicle attack". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
  2. ^ "Kiwi injured in Melbourne vehicle attack released from hospital". The New Zealand Herald. 22 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Live Melbourne CBD attack day two: 19 injured after SUV mows down pedestrians". The Age Victoria. 21 December 2017.

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