Gunman in Sydney Had Long History of Run-Ins With the Law

Commandos storm a cafe in Sydney Australian commandos have stormed a cafe in central Sydney, ending a siege in which a gunman held dozens of people hostage for more than 16 hours. Hostages run to safety during a cafe siege in the central business 

More than a year before the Sydney hostage siege, Man Haron Monis was arrested for accessory to the murder of his ex-wife — who was repeatedly stabbed and set on fire — and then released on bail. "They should have put him away and thrown away the 

Police identified the gunman who held several hostages in a Sydney cafe as Man Haron Monis, an Iranian native, with a long list of run-ins with authorities that include dozens of alleged sexual assaults on women stemming from his services as spiritual

(CNN) — Dramatic scenes ended a tense hostage situation early Tuesday in Sydney, with sounds of an explosion and gunfire as Australian police stormed a cafe where a gunman had hours earlier taken more than 10 people hostage. "The whole moment 

Shortly after several citizens were taken hostage in a cafe in Sydney's central Martin Place, Uber's fares surged to four times the standard rates to encourage drivers to pick up passengers in the area; after a backlash on Twitter