*Results of hitting the building with SWAT-like action unknown. Gunfire, some injured, one required CPR*
UPDATE 4- End of press conference. No useful information. Done feeding the chooks. Via: The Australian, "Four others were wounded including a policeman who suffered non-life threatening injuries and a woman with a shotgun wound to the shoulder."(End of this blog post)
UPDATE 3- From LIVE STREAM multiple injuries, 3rd death. Total count of dead and injured unknown at this time.
*UPDATE 2 - LIVE STREAM: Two confirmed dead, another reported dead after Sydney hostage crisis ends (Presser now for 6am local not 5am)
*UPDATE 1 - Sydney siege over, two unconfirmed deaths Press conference for 5AM local time.
Sky News understands the gunman at the centre of a lengthy siege in Sydney's CBD is one of two people killed as the situation came to a head at approximately 2am this morning.
The Terrorist:
-Photo from years ago:gunman in Sydney siege ID’d as Islamist hate-preacher-
Via Fox News:Monis, who reportedly emigrated to Australia in 1996, is known in Australia for his public campaign of writing letters to the families of fallen soldiers calling them “murderers” and urging the recipients to lobby the government to withdraw from Afghanistan. Haron was charged in 2009 with using the postal service to harass in a case he fought all the way to Australia’s highest court, which dismissed his appeal.
Last year, he was charged in connection with the murder of his ex-wife in a case that is pending as Monis is free on bail. He was charged earlier this year with sexual assault of a woman who went to his office in New South Wales for "spiritual healing."
-Terrorist gunman's headband has been translated as "We are your soldiers O Muhammad"-
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