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New crime scene images of the 2018 Bourke Street terror attack have been released by the coroner as the killerâs family reveals Hassan Khalif Shire Ali was âlosing his grip on realityâ before his murderous spree.
Statements from those closest to Shire Ali reveal the 30-year-oldâs Werribee family knew for years that heâd been watching extremist material and believed he was being followed by government agents in the years and months before the attack.
The first reports of the Bourke Street attack were of a vehicle on fire.
Credit:Stuart Gaut
On November 9, 2018, Shire Ali set his Holden ute alight before fatally stabbing much-loved restaurant owner Sisto Malaspina and seriously injuring two other men, Tasmanian father Rod Patterson and security guard Shadi Helal.
Federation Square terror plotter Ali Khalif Shire Ali has sentence increased after prosecutors appeal
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DecDecember 2020 at 1:48am
Ali Khalif Shire Ali was jailed for planning a terrorist attack in Melbourne s Federation Square.
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A man who planned to shoot revellers on New Year s Eve in Melbourne s Federation Square has had his jail sentence increased to 16 years by Victoria s Court of Appeal.
Key points:
Ali Khalif Shire Ali was initially jailed for 10 years over the failed plot
He will now serve at least 12 years before being eligible for parole, with a full sentence of 16 years
He is the brother of Bourke Street attacker Hassan Khalif Shire Ali, who killed restaurateur Sisto Malaspina