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MELBOURNE, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- An attack on a Melbourne bank that resulted in 27 injuries should not be used as a "political weapon", Victoria's Premier has urged.
21-year old Nur Islam remains in hospital under heavy police protection after he allegedly doused himself in petrol and set himself on fire at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) branch in Springvale in Melbourne's southeast.
26 people inside the bank at the time of the incident were hurt by the fire with six sustaining serious burns two of who remain in a critical condition.
Daniel Andrews, Victoria's Premier, said that the incident should not be linked to terrorism, saying it was an isolated tragedy.
"I would urge everybody to look at this as an isolated act, because that is exactly what it is," Andrews told reporters.
"It is not a commentary, and it oughtn't be used as a political weapon by anybody who finds fault with any of the policy settings we have at the moment.
"This is a tragedy, nothing more, nothing less."
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