The Australian government said Sunday that a Somali-born Australian who went on a deadly knife rampage in the country's second-largest city of Melbourne was inspired by Islamic State (ISIS) but did not have a direct link to the jihadist group, AFP reports.
The man, Hassan Khalif Shire Ali, stabbed to death well-known local cafe co-owner Sisto Malaspina and injured two other men in Bourke Street in the heart of Melbourne on Friday afternoon before he was shot and killed by police.