An Indian-origin bus driver and a well known singer of the Punjabi community was burned to death in the Brisbane city of Australia. A man poured some flammable liquid on him in front of several passengers, police said.

29 year old Manmeet Alisher was attacked by a man who threw an "incendiary device" at him, when he was driving a Brisbane City Council bus.

According to the police, a 48-year-old man was arrested over the incident. There was "no apparent motive" including terror or race related.

Police Commissioner Ian Stewart said, the incident is investigating by the detectives from South Brisbane district and the state crime command's homicide group.

Stewart said that, "There is no evidence at this time of any linkage to terrorist-type activities and certainly that has not become evident through the ongoing investigations that have occurred. We do not believe there is any evidence at this stage linking this to a racial complaint or concern by either of the people involved."

"While we do not know the actual motive at this stage, I want to reassure the community that we take these incidents very seriously and that is why as a precaution, officers from the state security and counter terrorism group have also been involved," he said.

Queensland Police Superintendent Jim Keogh said that, "Words escape me, it is a horrific incident here in the quiet suburb of Moorooka."

"A bus driver, going about doing his business, supporting the community, has had his life taken from him in what is a senseless and needless act. The fire was substantial, he would have stood little chance," he said.

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