A police car cordons off the area after a car hit pedestrians in the busy central business district of Melbourne on December 21, 2017.
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TOPSHOT - Police and emergency personnel work at the scene of where a car ran over pedestrians in Flinders Street in Melbourne on December 21, 2017.
The car ploughed into a crowd in Australia's second-largest city on December 21, injuring at least a dozen people, some of them seriously, officials said. / AFP PHOTO / Mal Fairclough (Photo credit should read MAL FAIRCLOUGH/AFP/Getty Images)
Australia-ACCIDENT
Police and emergency personnel work at the scene of where a car ran over pedestrians in Flinders Street in Melbourne on December 21, 2017.
The car ploughed into a crowd in Australia's second-largest city on December 21, injuring at least a dozen people, some of them seriously, officials said. / AFP PHOTO / Mal Fairclough (Photo credit should read MAL FAIRCLOUGH/AFP/Getty Images)
Australia-ACCIDENT
Police and emergency personnel cordon off the street as they work at the scene of where a car ran over pedestrians in Flinders Street in Melbourne on December 21, 2017.
The car ploughed into a crowd in Australia's second-largest city on December 21, injuring at least a dozen people, some of them seriously, officials said. / AFP PHOTO / MARK PETERSON (Photo credit should read MARK PETERSON/AFP/Getty Images)
Australia-ACCIDENT
A white SUV (L) sits in the middle of the road as police and emergency personnel work at the scene of where a car ran over pedestrians in Flinders Street in Melbourne on December 21, 2017.
The car ploughed into a crowd in Australia's second-largest city on December 21, injuring at least a dozen people, some of them seriously, officials said. / AFP PHOTO / MARK PETERSON (Photo credit should read MARK PETERSON/AFP/Getty Images)
Australia-ACCIDENT
A white SUV (L) sits in the middle of the road as police and emergency personnel work at the scene of where a car ran over pedestrians in Flinders Street in Melbourne on December 21, 2017.
The car ploughed into a crowd in Australia's second-largest city on December 21, injuring at least a dozen people, some of them seriously, officials said. / AFP PHOTO / Mark Peterson (Photo credit should read MARK PETERSON/AFP/Getty Images)
Australia-ACCIDENT
A white SUV (C) sits in the middle of the road as police and emergency personnel work at the scene of where a car ran over pedestrians in Flinders Street in Melbourne on December 21, 2017.
The car ploughed into a crowd in Australia's second-largest city on December 21 in what police said was a "deliberate act" that left more than a dozen people injured, some of them seriously. / AFP PHOTO / Mal Fairclough (Photo credit should read MAL FAIRCLOUGH/AFP/Getty Images)
Australia-ACCIDENT
People gather at the scene of where a car ran over pedestrians in Flinders Street in Melbourne on December 21, 2017.
The car ploughed into a crowd in Australia's second-largest city on December 21 in what police said was a "deliberate act" that left more than a dozen people injured, some of them seriously. / AFP PHOTO / Mark Peterson (Photo credit should read MARK PETERSON/AFP/Getty Images)
Australia-ACCIDENT
Debris sits in the middle of the road at the scene where a car ran over pedestrians in downtown Melbourne on December 21, 2017.
The car ploughed into a crowd in Australia's second-largest city on December 21 in what police said was a "deliberate act" that left more than a dozen people injured, some of them seriously. / AFP PHOTO / Mal Fairclough (Photo credit should read MAL FAIRCLOUGH/AFP/Getty Images)