Khayre was charged and acquitted by a jury over a plot to attack the Holsworthy Army barracks in Sydney in 2009. Ashton was quoted as saying by the ABC that the siege was being treated as a "terrorism incident". ABC had reported that the Islamic state claimed responsibility for the siege through a published statement via Amaq news agency which is affiliated to the terror group. The siege began after emergency services responded to reports of an explosion at the apartment building at 4pm in the evening. Ashton confirmed the man worked at the apartment building, and said he was "at the wrong place, at the wrong time".

Source: India Today June 06, 2017 00:11 UTC