Police say the gunman who killed a man and wounded three police officers in a shootout Monday had been paroled in November after being sent to prison for arson and other crimes. Yacqub Khayre also was acquitted of a Sydney terror plot in 2010 and police say the violence he carried out in Melbourne was considered an act of terror. 10:45 a.m.Police have named the gunman killed in what they says is a Melbourne terror attack as Yacqub Khayre. Khayre was released from prison on parole in November after serving sentences for arson and violent crimes unrelated to extremism. 8:45 a.m.Australian police say a shootout in which two men died, three police officers were wounded and a female hostage was freed is being treated as a terror attack.

Source: Washington Post June 06, 2017 01:20 UTC