Posted on 12/19/2014 5:04:11 PM PST by naturalman1975
CHANNEL 7’s flagship studio in Martin Place may have been the original target of deranged terrorist Man Haron Monis.
The Saturday Telegraph has learned Monis arrived at Martin Place early on Monday morning with the possible intention of taking hostages within the TV network’s studio during the live morning Sunrise broadcast.
But it appears that, due to increased security at the studio following the Islamic State threat in September to behead someone in Martin Place, Monis instead rerouted his plot 50m to the Lindt Chocolate Cafe, where he staged his deadly 17-hour siege, which ended with the deaths of two innocent civilians.
A high-placed government source claims police — both the NSW State Police and the Australian Federal Police — have not ruled out that Channel 7 may have been Monis’s main target.
The shocking revelation comes as recently released Channel 7 security footage shows Monis pacing outside the Martin Place studios — known within the network as Sunrise Alley — as early as 8.30am on the morning of the siege.
“There are several things to suggest that (Monis) may have initially set his sights on Channel 7 during their live morning broadcast,” a government source told The Saturday Telegraph.
Monis had a very public and open resentment of the network.
A damning 2009 report on Today Tonight, which dubbed him a “Fake Sheik”, exposed his history of writing letters to the families of fallen soldiers.
(Excerpt) Read more at heraldsun.com.au ...
Surprise Surprise Surprise
Simple test: Anyone in the extended family wears a hijab?
OUT they all go!
Outlaw Islam
Expel all Muslims
Stop all aid to Muslim lands
That's RACISS against our president. Hater.
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