Two critical in Australia shooting outside nightclub
Two people are fighting for their lives after a shooting outside a Melbourne nightclub, police said Sunday, amid a spate of gun violence in Australia's second-largest city. Police said four men were taken to a hospital, two in a critical condition, after "multiple people were shot" outside the venue in the trendy inner-city suburb of Prahran early Sunday morning.
Shooting isn't believed to be linked to terrorism: Police spokeswoman
Three of the injured men were aged between 29 and 50, with the age of the fourth yet to be determined, police said. Speaking to the media, a police spokeswoman said the shooting was not believed to be linked to terrorism. Investigators were probing links to motorcycle gangs, The Age newspaper in Melbourne reported. Moreover, police are expected to provide updates later today.
Strict firearms laws were introduced in Australia in 1996
The latest incident came after a spate of shootings in Melbourne in March that left five people dead in four separate incidents. Two of the incidents were believed to be gang-related. However, it is said that mass shootings are rare in Australia, which has strict firearms laws introduced in 1996 after 35 people were killed by a gunman in Port Arthur.
