Monday, June 5, 2017

Australia: Deadly jihadi hostage taking in Melburn

POLICE are investigating possible terror links to a siege in which police gunned down one man and found another dead in Melbourne’s southeast.

WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR
  • Drama begins just after 4pm at Buckingham Serviced Apartments, Bay St, Brighton
  • Woman alerts 000 claiming to be held hostage, police flood area
  • Man calls Channel 7 newsroom saying ‘This is for IS’ and ‘This is for Al-Qaeda’
  • Neighbours report hearing series of gunshots just after 6pm
  • Man shot dead by police, body of second man found in foyer of apartments
  • Three police officers sustain gunshot wounds, police confirm they’re probing terror links
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