- A Sheik at Ali's place of worship says the 'bloody Prime Minister' is to blame
Revealed: How the Bourke Street terrorist's family reacted to the news of his deadly attack - as the killer's imam tells PM Scott Morrison that police are to blame and not Islam
- A Sheik at Ali's place of worship says the 'bloody Prime Minister' is to blame
Hours after Hassan Khalif Shire Ali died following his deadly terrorist attack in Melbourne last Friday, his father called the killer's wife and passed on a brief but grim message: 'This is life.'
- Hassan Khalif Shire Ali's father called his daughter-in-law hours after the attack
- He reportedly told her that the attack wasn't her fault and that 'this is life'
- Meanwhile, high-profile Muslims are pointing the blame at the government
- A Sheik at Ali's place of worship says the 'bloody Prime Minister' is to blame
Ali was shot in the chest by a young police officer and died on the operating table soon after, following a terror attack in the heart of Melbourne that included the killing of well-known cafe owner Sisto Malaspina.
In the wake of the attack, politicians had put the onus on Muslim leaders to do more to prevent such acts by exposing extremists within their community, while those leaders had reacted angrily to being blamed for what they claimed was the shortcomings of police.
After Ali died, police raided the home he shared with his Turkish wife, believed to be aged in her 20s, and their infant son, in Meadow Heights on Melbourne's northern fringe.
Their modest home was a converted garage in the backyard of an unassuming family who rented it to the young couple.
It was the daughter of the elderly woman who lived in the main house who answered the phone when Ali's father's rang to pass on a message to his daughter-in-law.
'He said 'I'm watching the news and tell her ... not to panic, it's not her problem, this is life'. That's all he said,' the woman told The Age.
High-profile members of the Muslim community have had varying reactions to Hassan Khalif Shire Ali's terror attack in Melbourne (pictured)
Controversial Sheik Mohammed Omran (pictured) says blame should be directed to the government
She said Ali's wife moved into the bungalow six months before the tragedy after having separated from her first husband.
Her father, who remained in Turkey, had been due to come and take her home with him, on the very day of the Bourke Street attack.
However Ali beat him to it, marrying the young woman and moving into their new home about two months ago.
Ali had appeared troubled in the days leading up to the attack, with neighbours telling The Age he had been seen 'storming out' of the family home, and his wife desperately pursued him.
In the hours after Friday's attack, she was initially reported missing but was located the day after and interviewed by police.
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