MELBOURNE: A man who mowed down pedestrians with his car in Melbourne attributed his actions to ‘perceived mistreatment of Muslims’, Australia said Friday, with nine foreigners among the injured. "To be attacked like this, in the middle of one of our great cities, is a shocking event, a shocking crime," Turnbull said. "He has said, in a number of what the police are describing as utterings, that he attributed his actions to perceived mistreatment of Muslims. The man, who was wrestled from the car by an off-duty police officer, was due to undergo a psychiatric assessment later Friday. Thursday's incident came after a car rammed into pedestrians in Melbourne's busiest mall in January, killing six people.

Source: New Strait Times December 22, 2017 01:30 UTC