SYDNEY—A gunman who shot and killed a Melbourne hotel clerk in what Australian authorities are calling an act of terrorism was previously acquitted of conspiring to attack an army base and kill as many soldiers as possible. Yacqub Khayre was a 29-year-old Australian citizen, born in Somalia, who arrived in the country with his family as a child refugee. When he set in motion the series of events that ended with his violent death, he...

Source: Wall Street Journal June 06, 2017 08:26 UTC