A suspect has been seen fleeing a ram raid in Melbourne’s inner north with their arm on fire.
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00:00Well, here in Brunswick East, you can see the damage behind me that's occurred at a
00:05bicycle shop here, right in the heart of the suburb.
00:08There's still smoke, the smell of smoke in the air, significant damage to goods following
00:12the early morning attack, road closures still in place, emergency services still on the
00:17scene after a stolen luxury car was used to ram into the garage of this bicycle shop at
00:23about three o'clock this morning.
00:25Police believe the car was used to ram the shop multiple times before a group of offenders
00:30went inside the shop, set it alight, and then were seen fleeing the scene.
00:35As you said, one of them with his arm on fire, according to witnesses at the scene.
00:41Investigations very much still at an early stage at this time.
00:44So have police found the people behind the attack?
00:47No, police say they're still yet to identify those involved.
00:52They say the car used in the attack was stolen from Melbourne's southeast almost a fortnight
00:57ago.
00:58They say at this stage it's not clear whether anything was actually stolen from the bicycle
01:01shop.
01:02It's not certain whether that was the target itself or a gymnasium above.
01:06The fire was limited to the ground floor of the building, though two dozen firefighters
01:11here containing it and stopping it from spreading beyond the shop itself.