PhotoMELBOURNE, Australia — The Australian authorities are treating an abduction and a killing here in Melbourne on Monday, which ended with the gunman dead, as a terrorist attack. The police killed the gunman after he held a woman hostage at an apartment complex in Brighton, one of Melbourne’s wealthiest suburbs. The woman was rescued, and another man was found dead in the lobby, the police said. Mr. Khayre served a significant amount of prison time and was on parole at the time of the attack, the commissioner said. “There wasn’t anything suggesting he was about to do this.”Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Subscribe to the NYT Australia Newsletter Damien Cave, our new Australia bureau chief, shares insights on global news, local recommendations and feedback from readers in this weekly newsletter.

Source: New York Times June 06, 2017 00:16 UTC