AUSTRALIAN authorities added murder today to the charges faced by an Afghan refugee who rammed a car into pedestrians in Melbourne a few days before Christmas.

Melbourne magistrates’ court filed the extra charge against Saeed Noori after an 83-year-old man died of his injuries in hospital eight days on from the attack.

He had already been charged with 18 counts of attempted murder and one of conduct endangering life after he drove a four-by-four vehicle onto a pavement on December 21.