WATCH Knife-Wielding Aussie Fight Police After Setting Car Ablaze

Onlookers have caught on camera a confrontation between a man and police officers in Melbourne. The suspect was gunned down after attempting to stab the cops with an unknown weapon that appears to be a knife.

The clip opens with a car bursting into flames while the suspect tries to attack a group of policemen, before one of them opens fire. A man wielding a shopping cart can be seen trying to help the police.

WARNING: The following footage is graphic and may offend sensibilities

On Bourke St. Roads blocked. pic.twitter.com/wimeJLNXWy

— mike yang (@fayfayang) 9 ноября 2018 г.

The suspect has been taken to hospital in a critical condition.

#bourkest source from wechat (I am not the author) pic.twitter.com/n69nDiGjxt

— windix (@windix) 9 ноября 2018 г.

Local media report that prior to the skirmish, the suspect set his own car on fire near the intersection of Bourke Street and Swanston Street, a thoroughfare in the city centre. According to Melbourne officials, a number of people are being treated for stab wounds.

Witnesses are describing hearing a loud bang and a car on fire in the Bourke St Mall.

MFB says a car is on fire.

📷@meegslouise pic.twitter.com/3Qz3iUnKKr

— ABC Melbourne (@abcmelbourne) 9 ноября 2018 г.

Explosion out the front of my bedroom. #melbourne @abcnews pic.twitter.com/g0S4XbSW2k

— Jack Lovel (@jalovel) 9 ноября 2018 г.