Police shoot man dead in Brisbane after tourist stabbed

Police have shot and killed a man in central Brisbane, after he broke the nose of a male tourist and stabbed him in the back.

It is understood the attacker was still wielding a knife when officers shot him outside the Westin Hotel on Mary Street about 10:00am.

Detective Superintendent Tony Fleming said police believed the offender, aged in his mid-20s, acted alone.

He said the man confronted two overseas tourists, a man and a woman, with a knife.

The male tourist was struck in the face and suffered a broken nose and cut lip.

A police statement said it would be alleged the man “charged at officers and was critically injured when police returned fire”. One witness said police asked the man several times to put down the knife and when he failed to comply, they shot him.

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