CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Police say a man has been shot dead and two counterterrorism police have been stabbed in a confrontation in Australia’s second largest city.
It was not immediately clear whether the violence was related to a recent call from the Islamic State group to supporters to kill people in their home countries.
The police statement said an Australian Federal Police officer and a Victoria state police officer, who were part of a Joint Counter Terrorism Team, met the 18-year-old man outside a police station in southeast Melbourne on Tuesday in relation to an ongoing investigation when the violence erupted.
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