" The fact a counter-terrorism source said the gunman was on parole will, however, raise serious questions and put pressure on the Victorian government. "
It is understood that the man had been known to security services for nearly a decade, having first come to the attention of authorities during the 2009 terrorist plot to attack Holsworthy Army barracks in Sydney’s southwest. The Australian has been told the man had been a “peripheral figure” in the Neath plot, which led to three men being convicted and sentenced to long jail terms. Two of the men were Somalis who had trained with al-Shabab, a Somali-based Islamist terrorist group.
