African refugee Yacqub Khayre was on parole when he launched an ISIS-inspired attack on the streets of Melbourne in June.
The gunman shot dead hotel clerk Kai Hao, wounded three police officers and took a woman hostage in a dramatic two-hour siege in a complex on Bay Street, Brighton.
A coronial inquiry will look at how the 29-year-old criminal was managed by Victorian authorities, but the full scope of the inquest won’t be known for weeks.
Counsel assisting the coroner Sarah Thomas told a preliminary hearing on Thursday Khayre had only been released from prison in December.
African refugee Yacqub Khayre (pictured) was on parole when he launched an ISIS-inspired attack on the streets of Melbourne in June
The gunman shot dead hotel clerk Kai Hao, wounded three police officers and took a woman hostage in a dramatic two-hour siege (specialist officer pictured outside apartment complex)
She said he was on parole and wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet, although there are reports he may have tampered with the device.
Details of the incident are limited, with the full brief of evidence still being compiled, Ms Thomas said.
Khayre phoned police twice, claiming it was a hostage situation, that no one should attend or the hostage would die, that the hotel clerk was dead and there was a bomb on site.
He also called television network Seven, reportedly saying ‘this is for IS (Islamic State)’ and ‘this is for al-Qaeda’, Ms Thomas said.
A coronial inquiry will look at how the 29-year-old criminal was managed by Victorian authorities (body of victim Kai Hao, a hotel clerk, pictured being taken away)
Khayre phoned police twice, claiming it was a hostage situation, that no one should attend or the hostage would die, that the hotel clerk was dead and there was a bomb on site.
He emerged from the apartment with a sawn-off shotgun, firing twice before dying in an exchange of gunfire with special operations police.
The female hostage was then freed.
Ms Thomas said given the coronial brief won’t be finalised until September 29, it is not yet possible to set the scope of the inquest.
However, she said a statement about the police response to the situation, as well as the Adult Parole Board and Corrections Victoria, on its management of Khayre, would assist the coroner.
State Coroner Judge Sara Hinchey adjourned the case to a date to be fixed.
He emerged from the apartment with a sawn-off shotgun, firing twice before dying in an exchange of gunfire with special operations police
Khayre was on parole and wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet at the time of the siege, although there are reports he may have tampered with it. A bomb squad member is pictured entering the building after the siege