(Reuters) - An Iranian refugee known for sending hate mail to the families of Australian soldiers killed overseas and facing several charges of sexual assault is the armed man holding an unknown number of hostages in a Sydney cafe, a police source said on Tuesday. Man Haron Monis, a self-styled sheikh, remained holed up in the cafe some 15 hours after ...

[caption id="attachment_136931" align="alignright" width="189"] Armed Australian police officers run toward Lindt Cafe on Philip St, Martin Place, in Sydney, Australia, on December 15, 2014.[/caption] More than forty Australian Muslim groups have strongly condemned the acts of gunmen who are holding an undisclosed number of people hostage at a chocolate ...