An 18-year-old terror suspect has been shot dead by counter-terrorism police and two policemen have been stabbed in Melbourne's outer south-east.
Police said the two officers met the 18-year-old Narre Warren man outside the Endeavour Hills police station before he lashed out at the officers with a sharp instrument. He then ran towards the police station and was shot.
Onlookers at the scene ? who did not want to be named ? said the dead man had been shouting insults at Prime Minister Tony Abbott and the Australian government in general in the moments before he was shot.
Police said the two officers met the 18-year-old Narre Warren man outside the Endeavour Hills police station before he lashed out at the officers with a sharp instrument. He then ran towards the police station and was shot.
Onlookers at the scene ? who did not want to be named ? said the dead man had been shouting insults at Prime Minister Tony Abbott and the Australian government in general in the moments before he was shot.