A series of violent incidents and police activity reported in Melbourne

Police in Melbourne are responding to several serious incidents across the city. A beauty salon and a nail salon were firebombed for a second time, a police car was rammed leading officers to fire shots, and teenagers were lured to a park and attacked with a machete.

Separately, a landing attempt at Melbourne Airport was aborted after a trespass incident on the runway. In international news, authorities in Iraq have arrested a suspect wanted in connection with an attack on a Melbourne synagogue.