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Bourke Street attack inquest hears Hassan Khalif Shire Ali had religious papers, gas bottles in car
Papers about Islam and business cards for a pressure cleaning business were among dozens of items found by police in the burnt-out car of a man who stabbed three people in Melbourne’s CBD two years ago, an inquest has heard.
Key points:
- There were three LPG bottles in Shire Ali’s ute, along with a knife and personal items
- A forensics expert told the court the propane bottles never exploded, despite the car being set on fire
- The court released a new image of Shire Ali, taken during a traffic stop a month before the attack
Hassan Khalif Shire Ali, 30, was shot by police and later died in hospital after he set his ute on fire and attacked three people on Bourke Street in November 2018, killing cafe owner Sisto Malaspina.
The court heard evidence…
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