Dhaka, May 24 -- A female has died after being shot by police in Melbourne, the capital city of southeast Australia's state of Victoria, on Saturday evening.

The Victorian Police said in a statement on Friday evening that officers were called to Cecil Street in south Melbourne following reports of a male with a machete at around 5 p.m. local time.

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The police located the male and whilst he was being arrested, a vehicle was driven at a police officer. The officer shot at the offending vehicle, striking a female driver and her male passenger.

The 34-year-old female has died at the scene, while the 26-year-old male has been taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries....