02-11-2015, 12:49 PM
SYDNEY CAFE SIEGE INQUEST BEGINS
Of the five shots fired by Man Haron Monis, a self-styled Muslim cleric who took 18 people hostage, only one found a target, counsel assisting the coroner Jeremy Gormly told the inquest.
Early in inquest proceedings, it was revealed that Monis shot and killed cafe manager Tori Johnson execution-style, prompting police to storm the cafe in the early hours of December 16, Gormly said.
All the injuries that followed -- two fatal, including those to Monis, and four non-fatal -- were caused by police fire, according to the evidence.
The asshole Monis, who had pledged allegiance to ISIS on his website, was at the cafe for an hour, having cake and tea, before he put on a bandana, pulled his sawed-off shotgun and took hostages.
The inquest continues.
Story: http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/29/world/...index.html
CRACKDOWN ON WOULD-BE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN AUSTRALIA YESTERDAY
Two men have been charged with plotting attacks in Australia following a major counter-terrorism operation in Sydney.
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The men ^, named in court documents as Omar Al-Kutobi and Mohammad Kiad, were advanced in their preparations for an act of terrorism in Australia as revenge for "incidents overseas," New South Wales Deputy Police Commissioner Catherine Burn said in a statement Wednesday.
They were apprehended on Tuesday afternoon after a raid at a house in Fairfield, a suburb in western Sydney, before being charged with "acts done in preparation for, or planning terrorist acts," the statement said.
"As a result of the police activities yesterday a number of items were seized and will be included as part of our evidence in court, and include a video recording, a flag, a machete and a hunting knife," Burn added.
Story: http://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/10/asia/a...index.html
Of the five shots fired by Man Haron Monis, a self-styled Muslim cleric who took 18 people hostage, only one found a target, counsel assisting the coroner Jeremy Gormly told the inquest.
Early in inquest proceedings, it was revealed that Monis shot and killed cafe manager Tori Johnson execution-style, prompting police to storm the cafe in the early hours of December 16, Gormly said.
All the injuries that followed -- two fatal, including those to Monis, and four non-fatal -- were caused by police fire, according to the evidence.
The asshole Monis, who had pledged allegiance to ISIS on his website, was at the cafe for an hour, having cake and tea, before he put on a bandana, pulled his sawed-off shotgun and took hostages.
The inquest continues.
Story: http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/29/world/...index.html
CRACKDOWN ON WOULD-BE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN AUSTRALIA YESTERDAY
Two men have been charged with plotting attacks in Australia following a major counter-terrorism operation in Sydney.
The men ^, named in court documents as Omar Al-Kutobi and Mohammad Kiad, were advanced in their preparations for an act of terrorism in Australia as revenge for "incidents overseas," New South Wales Deputy Police Commissioner Catherine Burn said in a statement Wednesday.
They were apprehended on Tuesday afternoon after a raid at a house in Fairfield, a suburb in western Sydney, before being charged with "acts done in preparation for, or planning terrorist acts," the statement said.
"As a result of the police activities yesterday a number of items were seized and will be included as part of our evidence in court, and include a video recording, a flag, a machete and a hunting knife," Burn added.
Story: http://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/10/asia/a...index.html