This Article is From Dec 16, 2014

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott Says Hostage Taker was Disturbed

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott Says Hostage Taker was Disturbed

File photo of Australian PM Tony Abbott. (Reuters Photo)

Sydney: Australia's prime minister says the gunman who took hostages in a Sydney cafe was "a deeply disturbed individual' known to the police but he was not on a terror watch list.

Tony Abbott said today that Man Haron Monis, who died in a police raid along with two hostages, "certainly had been well known to the Australian Federal Police ... but I don't believe that he was on a terror watch list at this time."

Abbott spoke after laying flowers at a makeshift memorial in Sydney for the victims of a central city cafe siege. He laid a bouquet of white flowers at the memorial in Martin Place while his wife Margie laid a bouquet of red flowers. Abbott also wrote a message and waved at the crowd.



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