was what may have happened in this particular case, some sort of individual inspired, a lone wolf, may have been well known to local law enforcement, but not necessarily seen as a terror threat, but all of a zuden that individual who wasn t conceived as being very, very dangerous becomes incredibly dangerous. which, if anything, that goes to show that that type of situation is what we know right now is among the most difficult to be able to solve and prevent. i have worked in the past extensively with the state police agencies in australia as well as the australian federal police. they are absolutely topnotch. i participated in a country-wide terrorism effort, so i know the caliber of work they do and how they carry out their operations tactically. they are superb. but isis taking a page out of al qaeda s playbook where it s encouraging individuals to do these kinds of acts, you may
conference from law enforcement who are going to explain what they can about what happened, how this operation went down. australia may be isolated on a continent of its own, but the attacks like the one we have seen today shows how far these international terrorists potentially are able to reach those who are inspired by them. much more on this part of the story, when we come back. i have a cold with terrible chest congestion. i better take something.
following isis very, very closely on social media. a big fan of them. somebody that was angry at australian airstrikes. australia has flown over. this appears to be retaliation for australia s involvement in the coalition for going after isis. is it your sense that you have been involved in these kinds of negotiations, the longer it goes, 16 hours, at some point the hostage-taker is going to get tired, is going to get hungry, more desperate or the opposite, may simply give up. what usually happens in a situation like this? in a situation like this, we believe that the longer it takes, the better chances you have of the successful negotiation. why, because as you just said, he may get hungry and he may want food. keep in mind, when they want something, everything is a negotiation. whether it s a match to light a
this should never destroy or change the way of our life. as the premier has indicated, this won t change our lives. this will not change the things that we hold dear in this country. right now, i ask for members of the community. we help friends and this is exactly what we should be doing at this time. it s not about finding reasons to divide communities, but finding ways to heal the wounds and help everyone grow stronger because we all want a stronger australia. i would like to commend the work of our police. while everyone may second guess what s occurred in the last hours, they are the ones who had to make the decision. our police had to deal with the incident. it was tough work. many hours on a point or part of a team that had to make that entry and deal with the situation. i want to point out they have saved lives.
the fact that many of the media thought they were perhaps going to wait it out after what we had been hearing throughout the day that they were prepared to wait for hours to ensure that this resolved peacefully. but around 2:00 a.m., that s what they did, they stormed the cafe. police and special forces operatives entering this cafe from different entrances and e we heard gunfire, stun grenades were launched. we now understand two people were killed, including the gunman. he was an iranian refugee and self-proclaimed cleric. so certainly dramatic end to what has been a very long day here. there was much speculation he was associated with isis, calling for an isis flag, calling for a conversation with the australian prime minister