12月21日，墨尔本一辆白色SUV冲向人群，造成19人受伤，其中9名是外国人。
警方逮捕了该车辆男性驾驶员和另一名男子，但尚未公布该袭击事件是否与恐怖主义有关联。
据ABC新闻网报道，被捕男子在拘押期间曾提到穆斯林受到的不公待遇等。
On Friday morning, however, Patton said the man had made several utterances while under police guard in a hospital on Thursday night, including mentioning poor treatment of Muslims, and that police were still exploring terrorism as a possible motive. （ABC News)
ABC今晨(GMT+8)报道，19名被送往医院救治的伤者中的7名已于事发当晚出院。9名外国伤者为韩国、中国、意大利、印度、委内瑞拉、爱尔兰和新西兰人。
Police said nine foreigners were among the injured, including from South Korea, China, Italy, India, Venezuela, Ireland and New Zealand. (ABC News – )
据BBC中文网报道，今年1月，墨尔本曾发生过一起类似的汽车冲撞人群事件，死亡6人。
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