The lone wolf, self-styled sheikh who held a Sydney cafe hostage
Man Haron Monis, the Sydney hostage-taker killed in a 16-hour siege, was a self-styled sheikh with his own Wikipedia entry who was on bail when he emerged as a lone wolf gunman./ Born in Iran, the 50-year-old was named in reports hours before being gunned down as the "cleric" who triggered a security lockdown in the heart of Australia's biggest city by unfurling an Islamic flag and holding several people captive in a chocolate cafe. Arriving in Australia as a refugee in 1996, Monis was no stranger to controversy. Convicted over sending ...
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