IS claims responsibility for Melbourne violence, Aus to treat it as terrorism

June 06, 2017 09:01

The Australian police has confirmed that a shooting and hostage situation in Melbourne, which killed two people, including the gunman, was an act of "terrorism", after the Islamic State claimed responsibility.

The gunman, identified as Yacqub Khayre, was shot dead yesterday following a stand-off with police which lasted for more than an hour at serviced apartments on Bay Street in Brighton, 11km south-east of Melbourne's central business district.

Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton said Khayre, was known to police and had a long criminal history.

Khayre was charged and acquitted by a jury over a plot to attack the Holsworthy Army barracks in Sydney in 2009. Three of his co-accused were found guilty of planning the terrorist attack for Australia's military involvement action in the Middle East.

Ashton was quoted as saying by the ABC that the siege was being treated as a "terrorism incident".

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