MELBOURNE—An Australian man who set fire to a truck laden with gas cylinders in the center of Melbourne and stabbed one person to death was inspired by the terrorist ISIS group but did not have direct links with the group, police said on Nov. 10.
Police identified the man responsible for the attack on Nov. 9 as Somali-born Hassan Khalif Shire Ali, 30, and said he was radicalized and inspired by the terrorist group’s propaganda. He was shot by police and died in hospital.
