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2018 Melbourne stabbing attack
2018 Melbourne stabbing attack Location Bourke Street, Melbourne, Australia Date 9November2018 4:20 pm ( AEDT) Target Pedestrians Stabbing Weapons Knife Deaths 2 (including the attacker) Injured 2 Perpetrator Hassan Khalif Shire Ali Motive Inspired by the Islamic State On 9 November 2018, a mass stabbing took place at Bourke Street in the Melbourne central business district, Australia.