[TomGuy]

FoxNews reports that authorities have just released the name of the perp. They apparently have known his name for a while.

He is Iranian, was in prison.

from news.com.au:

Police have authorised the naming of Sheik Man Haron Monis, who is a self-styled preacher of Islamic State on bail for accessory to murder, as the gunman...

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Officials are not saying this is a terrorist incident.

[caww]

They've claimed the USA for Islam Already....they send their woman here first, and their scarfs are symbolic of submission to Allah....Bo likes them too...we'll be dealing with this threat again soon enough

[lodi90]

He doesn’t look like a standard jihadi death wish type. Old and fat. Bomb is probably fake. Looks like a publicity stunt.