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Lindt chocolate cafe where that siege happened. as people come and lay flowers and write notes, in the meantime, authorities are trying to figure out how it happened. how did this gunman escape the net? why was he on bail? this was a man wanted as an accessory to a murder of his former wife. this was a very violent crime in which he was stabbed and then set on fire. what was he doing on the streets? these are just some of the questions that are being asked. meantime, theres an increased police p...

Have been brought into parliament in terms of surveillance and terror and in response to that. i dont know why. i want seems crazy he wasnt on a terror list. in terms of bail hes been put out on bail three times. the first was in december last year. that was an accessory to his wifes brutal murder. the day which he apparently concocted a heart attack and fake ad robbery in his house. irrespective, let out on bail. since then seven women but 40 counts of sexual assault. so theres a debate as he w...

Who trusted him. and you marry that with his confused, religious decisions and attitudes. and this guy is described as religious is a mockery. >> but i think one of the things -- and prime minister abbott raised this question about why he would be on the streets. obviously im not holding you responsible but is there any idea as to why somebody who had been arrested for accessory to the murder of his ex-wife, stabbed and set on fire, why he was released on bail? >> well, thats the question. those...

It is a very quick reaction. it happened very, very quickly. situation turned dramatically. the gunman was shot and killed, we assume by police, and the two fatalities of the bystanders. sydney is coming out in force to pay respects to people for their bravery and recognize the trauma the city is going through. >> andrew, thank you. you think about boston and new york and place where is these sorts of things happen and how the whole city stops. >> they come together after the fact. that is happe...

If they didnt enter, there would have been more lives lost. >> reporter: when the smoke clears, the gunman is dead along with two hostages and a siege of nearly 17 hours is finally over. this is, as you might imagine, a story that keeps evolving as we learn about the hosz taj taker. theres a lot we dont know about the final minutes. for the latest, lets go to sydney. we have the latest. this man, do we have a clearer picture of his history, why he did this? >> reporter: yeah, anderson, what we d...

Characters just like this. >> reporter: this is just it. in his mind, he associated himself with isis for example, with isil. he pledged allegiance and he claimed on his media. at the same time, he claimed to be a muslim cleric and peace activist. he was very much of a loner in that sense. he did not have much of a following. he made ostentatious displays of chaining himself to court. he had multiple run-ins with the law. sending letters to australian families of soldiers who died in afghanistan...

Words are my bullets. >> reporter: dressed in chains, he later demonstrated on a street corner claiming he was tortured in prison for his political letters. claims new south wales police have not commented on. monis has been out on bail charged with accessory to the murder of his ex-wife. last i am a he was arrested for sex crime against seven women reaching as far back as 2002. police said he had claimed to be a sexual healer. his website describes monis as the victim of a political vendetta an...

To move in and some time in those few seconds, perhaps two minutes at most, also katrina dawson lost her life. a mother of three children under the age of 10 years old. a bright career ahead in legal circles. her brother is very well known lawyer here in sydney. certainly tori johnson being described as a hero and just all-around fantastic person by his friends and family. thats where the out pouring is. that is why we have seen so many flowers and to lend this moral support, if you like, to thi...

In terms of his mental health issues any comment i had made and i think ive made a comment to the effect he may have been damaged, that was in the context of these actions in the last 24 hours in sydney, not in the context of his mental state as i see it to be over a year ago. i acted for him in relation to the letter writing to these families. i acted for him subsequent at the end of 2013 when he was charged with aiding -- sorry, with being an accessory before and after the fact of the murder o...

Haron. hes known for the extremist views and also charges, in fact, accessory of murder to his wife. a name they have been knowing and followed. we want to bring in some information here. our affiliate channel 7 was just outside saint vincents hospital. we want to play a bit what the reporter had to said. lets listen. >> in the last half hour, there has been one ambulance arrived here to vincents hospital which is the largest trauma unit. the male was there, conscious, the sigh rons werent on. h...