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Melbourne Vehicle Attack Suspect Pleads Guilty To Murder

Saeed Noori killed one person and injured 16 others in the Australian metropolis last year when he rammed an SUV into a throng of pedestrians. Now, nearly a year later, he has admitted his guilt.
The SUV driven by Saeed Noori sits in Melbourne last December, after Noori plowed the vehicle into a crowd of pedestrians. Noori pleaded guilty to murder on Friday.

Nearly a year after a vehicle in Melbourne, Australia, killing one person and injuring more than a dozen others, the man behind

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