The gunman who held up to 20 people hostage in a Sydney cafe has been named as Sheikh Man Haron Monis, aged 49.
He was holed up in a cafe in the heart of the city's financial and shopping area for several hours, raising a black Islamist flag and using human shields in the window.
A number of the hostages have managed to escape as the siege ended with a series of loud blasts.
Sydney police say Monis - who claimed he'd planted two bombs inside the cafe and two more nearby - is well-known to them.
Channel Nine reporter Airlie Walsh told Sky News that the existing charges against him include accessory to murder and sexual assault.
She said: "The list of charges against the Sheikh are extremely long and extremely worrying.
"He's a very secretive man on a personal level, but he is notorious for his acts of violence."
She added that he moved to Australia in 1996 from Iran.
He is notorious in Australia for sending abusive letters to family members of soldiers killed in Afghanistan.
Sky's Sam Kiley said Monis may have a "fetish for self-publicity" which could have proved "useful to the hostage negotiators".
He added that Monis is currently on bail for 47 sexual assaults and is a "fantasist" with a "really very chaotic background".
His former lawyer Manny Conditsis said: "This is a one-off random individual. It's not a concerted terrorism event or act. It's a damaged goods individual who's done something outrageous.
"His ideology is just so strong and so powerful that it clouds his vision for common sense and objectiveness."
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