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Urgent: Bus driver killed in attack in Australia's Queensland state

Xinhua, October 28, 2016 Adjust font size:

A 29-year-old bus driver was burned alive on Friday while sitting behind the wheel in an attack in Australia's Queensland state.

A 48-year-old man at the scene was arrested after he allegedly climbed aboard the bus in Brisbane before "throwing some type of incendiary device at the driver," Queensland Police commissioner Ian Stewart told reporters in Brisbane. Endit