Iranian refugee Man Haron Monis who held 20 people as hostages in a Sydney cafe is believed to be on a bail for 47 sexual assaults he is accused of committing while working as a spiritual healer.
Sydney police said that the self-styled Sheikh who placed human shields in the window before officers moved into the building, was well-known to them.
According to Sky News, the charged against him include murder and sexual assault both. The police said that the list of charges against him was really long and extremely worrying.
He wrote a letter to relatives of the servicemen who died. The country's foreign minister said that the man's actions were not "justifiable" in any way.
Moonis moved to Australia in 1996 from Iran.
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