Crime in Australia

Melbourne Siege a 'Terrorist Incident'

Australian police are treating as a "terrorist incident" a Melbourne siege in which a gunman was killed, reported BBC.

Heavily armed officers arrived at an apartment building on Monday after reports of an explosion and found one man already dead in the foyer.

Another man, Yacqub Khayre, was armed with a shotgun and holding a woman inside the building against her will.