29-year-old Pakistani international student Dishan Akbar was allegedly stabbed by two teenagers, aged 15 and 16 at Caltex Service station in Queanbeyan, a town located on the border of NSW and ACT on Thursday just before midnight.
About 11.55pm on Thursday, emergency services were called to a service station on Bungendore Road after an employee had arrived to work and located a fellow employee injured in the premises.
The 29-year-old man, identified as a Pakistani national, appeared to have suffered stab wounds, was assisted; however, he died at the scene.
Officers from Monaro Local Area Command commenced an investigation.
'Police will allege about 6.20am on Friday morning, the two teens stabbed a second man on Southwell Place, Queanbeyan, before fleeing the scene in a silver Ford Falcon,' a media release said.
The man was treated at the scene, before being taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
Police located the vehicle a short time later, and after failing to stop, a short pursuit was initiated.
Just after 6.30am, two teenagers were arrested on the Monaro Highway, ACT.
They were taken to ACT Watch House, where NSW Police will seek their extradition back to NSW.
On Friday noon, Counter-terrorism police was brought in to investigate if the youth was radicalised, The Australian reported.
NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team are investigating, a NSW police spokesman told AAP on Friday.
Pakistani High Commissioner Naela Chohan told SBS News the man was a temporary resident who had been in Australia for eight years.
Chohan said distant relatives in Australia had been contacted and would inform the man's family in Karachi.
UPDATE @3.20pm
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AT SCENE SUGGEST ATTACK WAS TERROR RELATED
NSW police says there was physical evidence at the scene that suggest the attack was terror related.
Speaking to media, NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn said, 'Certainly there was physical evidence at scene, which goes to our view that this might be active terrorism.'
NSW police says there was physical evidence at the scene that suggest the Queanbeyan attack was terror related https://t.co/AwWRxCJ5pe pic.twitter.com/MWdZha2q1h — Sky News Australia (@SkyNewsAust) April 7, 2017
