http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/17/390606/australia-vows-probe-into-hostage-crisis/
Wed Dec 17, 2014 6:39AM GMT
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott meets Assistant Commissioner Mark Murdoch (L), Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn (2ndL) and New South Wales Premier Mike Baird as he visits the Police Operations Centre in Sydney on December 16, 2014.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has pledged a transparent probe into why an unbalanced gunman who was behind the recent hostage crisis in Sydney was not on a security watch list.
"We want to know why he wasn't being monitored, given his history of violence, his history of mental instability and his history of infatuation with extremism," Abbott said early on Wednesday.
"These are the questions that we'll be having our officials ponder,” the premier noted, adding, "The system did not adequately deal with this individual.”
He further stressed that a report would be published on the issue.
The hostage taking, which lasted for more than 16 hours, ended after security forces raided the Lindt Café in Sydney’s central business district early on Tuesday.
According to police sources, the gunman, also known as Mohammad Hassan Manteqi, and two hostages were killed during the operation and four others were wounded.
The hostage taker has been identified by local media as Man Haron Monis, an Iranian who had escaped to Australia 18 years ago.
Australian police have launched an investigation into Monis’ motives.
Iran's police chief says Tehran had in 2000 asked Australia to extradite Monis on fraud charges, but Canberra failed to do so as there was no extradition treaty between the two countries.
Following the incident, security was tight across Sydney, with hundreds of officers on the streets.
MSM/NN/HRB
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