A man was shot dead and two counterterrorism police were stabbed in a confrontation in Melbourne on Tuesday, police said.
It was not clear whether the violence was related to a recent call from the IS group to supporters to kill in their home countries. But police said the man appeared to be acting alone.
An Australian Federal Police officer and a Victoria state police officer who were part of a Joint Counter Terrorism Team had asked the 18-year-old man to come to a police station in southeast Melbourne in relation to a routine matter in an investigation when the violence erupted outside the station, police said.
Published - September 24, 2014 01:05 am IST