A man who took up to 20 people hostage in a Sydney cafe has been named as Iranian refugee Man Haron Monis, aged 49.
Sydney police said the self-styled Sheikh - who raised a flag with Arabic writing similar to that used by Islamic State and placed human shield in the window before police officers moved into the building - was 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.
"The list of charges against the Sheikh are extremely long and extremely worrying," she said.
He is believed to be currently on bail for 47 sexual assaults.
Ms Walsh added: "He's a very secretive man on a personal level, but he is notorious for his acts of violence."
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.
Monis operated a website which was taken down shortly after he was named as the hostage-taker in the media.
He appears to have last posted a message on the site on Sunday, accusing the US, Britain and Australia of "oppression and terrorism".
The page also included images of dead children.
Sky's foreign affairs editor Sam Kiley said Monis may have a "fetish for self-publicity" which could have proved "useful to the hostage negotiators".
He added that Monis was a "fantasist" with a "really very chaotic background".
His former lawyer Manny Condits said he believed that Monis was acting alone.
"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," he said.
"His ideology is just so strong and so powerful that it clouds his vision for common sense and objectiveness."
:: Watch Sky News' special report on the Sydney siege at 8.30pm and 9.30pm on Sky Channel 501, Virgin Media 602, Freesat 202 and Freeview 132.
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