UPDATE: Officials are reporting four dead:

BREAKING: Police have confirmed a fourth person has died following today’s vehicular rampage in the CBD https://t.co/vUXEBYfv3c — Herald Sun (@theheraldsun) January 20, 2017

Police have identified the culprit:

LATEST: The man police believe is responsible is 26-year-old Dimitrious Gargasoulas. MORE: https://t.co/EtVHVawgtp — Herald Sun (@theheraldsun) January 20, 2017

Remarkably, police have asked Melbourne Herald Sun reporter Andrea Hanblin to remove her video interview of the eyewitness who claimed the driver was shouting, “Allahu Akhbar, Allahu Akhbar!”

@AndieHamblin Good thing that nobody saved a copy pic.twitter.com/GkkGDqE1LT — MakAusGr8Again (@MakeAusGr8Again) January 20, 2017

Another witness says man screamed “f-ck the homeless people” while doing burnouts outside Flinders St. @theheraldsun — Andrea Hamblin (@AndieHamblin) January 20, 2017

Original Post: Breaking news out of Melbourne, Australia, that at least three people have died after a man plowed a vehicle into a group of pedestrians near a shopping mall.

According to one witness, the driver was screaming, “Allahu Akhbar, Allahu Akhbar, Allahu Akhbar!”

This event is reminiscent of the terror attacks last July in Nice, France, and more recently at a Christmas mall in Berlin.

TERRIFYING SCENES from Melbourne CBD after car rams through pedestrians, killing one and injuring up to 20 #TenNews https://t.co/AbIEa4Z29V pic.twitter.com/s9S8efU3tE — TEN Eyewitness News (@channeltennews) January 20, 2017

#BREAKING @victoriapolice say three people have died and at least 20 injured in a ‘deliberate’ car crash in Melbourne’s CBD. pic.twitter.com/DiAvgQ79FI — Sky News Australia (@SkyNewsAust) January 20, 2017

#BREAKING @PatsKarvelas says up to four children are in the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. MORE https://t.co/p0uUt6Dxbd pic.twitter.com/Ucf715Kb2p — Sky News Australia (@SkyNewsAust) January 20, 2017

Police operation underway in CBD amid reports a rogue car drove through Bourke St mall. Police helicopter hovering above. @theheraldsun — Andrea Hamblin (@AndieHamblin) January 20, 2017

OMG I JUST SAW PEDESTRIANS RUN DOWN BY A CAR EVADING POLICE DOWN BOURKE STREET MALL — Not Jesse. Reek. (@Decoy_AU) January 20, 2017

Breaking: Shots have reportedly been fired during a police chase in Bourke Street in the middle of Melbourne’s CBD https://t.co/TmLVDpZAJr — smh.com.au (@smh) January 20, 2017

Witnesses describe the scene:

“There was a man hanging out of the window screaming” – teen describes driver as thin, dark hair, appeared Middle Eastern. @theheraldsun pic.twitter.com/Y6JWW3djp1 — Andrea Hamblin (@AndieHamblin) January 20, 2017

This witness claims the driver was screaming, “Allahu Akhbar, Allahu Akhbar, Allahu Akhbar!”

This witness, Stefano, describes the driver screaming at people on the street.@theheraldsun pic.twitter.com/vlJYw6h0iW — Andrea Hamblin (@AndieHamblin) January 20, 2017

That notwithstanding, Melbourne police are already dismissing any possible terror connection:

#BREAKING @VictoriaPolice say they believe incident was related to a stabbing earlier today and is not terror-related — Sky News Australia (@SkyNewsAust) January 20, 2017

Victoria Police can confirm today’s Melbourne CBD incident is not a terrorist incident. To clarify, the term CT stands for Counter Terrorism — Victoria Police (@VictoriaPolice) January 20, 2017

We will update as more information is available.