Police are investigating possible terror links to a siege in which police gunned down one man and found another dead in Melbourne’s southeast.  A senior law enforcement figure told the Herald Sun the gunman was on parole for a criminal offence and rated as a low-risk figure of interest to counter-terror authorities.  

Police shot dead the gunman, a second man was found dead in the foyer of an apartment building in Brighton and three police officers sustained gunshot wounds in the bloody hostage drama.  The Herald Sun can confirm the gunman is known to counter-terrorism police.

A male caller to the Channel 7 newsroom in Melbourne said: “This is for IS” and “this is for Al-Qaeda.”  The station said a woman could be heard screaming in the background.  A Victoria Police statement confirmed police are investigating whether the incident is terrorism related.

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