Melbourne Mourns Popular Italian Cafe Owner Killed in Terror Attack, Sisto Malaspina

Melbourne Mourns Popular Italian Cafe Owner Killed in Terror Attack, Sisto Malaspina
Floral tributes can be seen outside Melbourne's Pellegrini's Cafe for Sisto Malaspina, the day after he was stabbed to death in an attack police have called an act of terrorism, in central Melbourne, Australia, on Nov. 10, 2018. AAP/James Ross/via Reuters
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Customers of a cafe credited with pioneering Melbourne’s famous coffee culture piled flowers and condolences outside on Saturday, Nov. 10, mourning its well-known co-owner, Sisto Malaspina, who was stabbed to death in an attack police have called an act of terrorism.

Malaspina, 74, a familiar face behind the coffee machine at the city-center Pellegrini’s cafe, was killed in the attack on Friday, his business partner Nino Pangrazio told The Age newspaper.