Police are pictured in the Melbourne bayside suburb of Brighton on June 5, after a woman was held against her will in an apartment block in an incident authorities had yet to determine whether it was terror-related. Australian police shot dead a man who took the woman hostage in a Melbourne apartment, after the body of another man was found in the building’s lobby. (AFP)Australian police Monday shot dead a man who had taken a woman hostage in a Melbourne apartment and said they were investigating whether the incident was terror-related.Police responding to reports of an explosion at the apartment block in the suburb of Brighton had earlier found the body of another man in the foyer. The siege ended when the suspect exited the apartment complex and opened fire.The woman escaped safely but three officers were injured by gunshots. Police returned fire and killed the man. Authorities have yet to determine whether the incident in the affluent beach-side suburb was terrorism-related but Victoria state police said it was one line of inquiry. “We do have our counter-terrorism command working on it with our crime department investigators,” deputy police commissioner Andrew Crisp told reporters Monday night. (AFP)
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Police are pictured in the Melbourne bayside suburb of Brighton on June 5, after a woman was held against her will in an apartment block in an incident authorities had yet to determine whether it was terror-related. Australian police shot dead a man who took the woman hostage in a Melbourne apartment, after the body of another man was found in the building’s lobby. (AFP)
