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Australian Siege: Hostage Taker Sent Hate Letters to Military Families
Monday, December 15, 2014 06:19 AM
By: By KRISTEN GELINEAU
An Iranian refugee convicted of sexual assault and known for sending hate letters to the families of Australian soldiers killed overseas is the armed man holding an unknown number of hostages in a Sydney cafe, a police source said on Tuesday.
Man Haron Monis, an Iranian refugee and self-styled sheikh, remained holed up in the cafe some 15 hours after the siege began.
“There’s no operational reason for that name to be held back by us now,” said the police source, who declined to be identified.
So far during the 15-hour standoff, five people escaped from the Sydney cafe.
Two people inside the cafe earlier held up a flag with an Islamic declaration of faith that has often been used by extremists, raising fears that a terrorist incident was playing out in the heart of Australia’s biggest city.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/AS-Australia-Police-Operation/2014/12/15/id/612983/
I wonder where his woman is - the one seen in photos of him from before this siege?