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Happen on u.s. soil. jim sciutto reports these assaults are difficult to prevent because the terrorist may already be in the target country. >> reporter: the brazen hostage taking at a downtown sydney cafe ended with a risky police operation. and bloodshed. the assail and, man ha-ron monis believed to have carried out the attack on his own. such lone wolves are the terrorists most likely to strike on u.s. soil. >> the new phenomenon that i'm very concerned about is somebody who's never met another member of that terrorist organization, never trained at one of the camps, who is simply inspired ...

Work for channel 7 who many would know in sydney. and that family is suffering this morning, as the others are. >> the entire city is shaken over this deadly standoff. well-wishers and mourners have been leaving flowers near the lints cafe. and this was the scene there earlier as police and soldiers used bullets and stun grenades to bring a very quick end to a 16-hour long standoff. the hostage taker himself, man ha ron monis was killed. let's go to andrew stevens, live for us at this hour in sydney. so we are now learning a lot more about the two hostages who were killed. >> reporter: we are ...

Self hostages have phoned media outlets and at the request of the police the media outlets are not broadcasting any demand. just in the last few minutes they named the person. he they made the pen who has taken hostage -- the person who has taken hostage anywhere from a dew to 30 or so people inside the cafe. they say his name is man herks ron monis. he's an iranian cleric currently out on bail from prison for a string violent offenses. march are's an iranian who was d he's an iranian who was ion and? what was he in prison for?