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| A man has been charged following a series of raids by counterterrorism police in Melbourne on Friday. The raids were conducted in relation to a siege on Monday that left three police officers injured and a building clerk dead. | A man has been charged following a series of raids by counterterrorism police in Melbourne on Friday. The raids were conducted in relation to a siege on Monday that left three police officers injured and a building clerk dead. |
| Kane Dalrymple, 31, did not apply for bail when he faced Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Saturday charged with carrying on the business of a firearms dealer without a licence, along with other weapons offences. None of the charges are terrorism related. | |
| On Monday, Yacqub Khayre, a 29-year-old Somali-born Australian, was at a serviced apartment complex in the beachside suburb of Brighton with an escort he had arranged to meet through an agency. | On Monday, Yacqub Khayre, a 29-year-old Somali-born Australian, was at a serviced apartment complex in the beachside suburb of Brighton with an escort he had arranged to meet through an agency. |
| Khayre killed Kai Hao, who worked as the building’s clerk, before taking the escort hostage. He emerged from a ground-floor apartment about two hours later firing at police. Three police officers were injured before Khayre was shot dead. He was in possession of two guns, including a sawn-off shotgun. | Khayre killed Kai Hao, who worked as the building’s clerk, before taking the escort hostage. He emerged from a ground-floor apartment about two hours later firing at police. Three police officers were injured before Khayre was shot dead. He was in possession of two guns, including a sawn-off shotgun. |
| “This is for IS, this is for al-Qaida,” he reportedly told Channel Seven in a phone call he made during the siege, though police have said they are unsure if Khayre really had links to either of those organisations. | “This is for IS, this is for al-Qaida,” he reportedly told Channel Seven in a phone call he made during the siege, though police have said they are unsure if Khayre really had links to either of those organisations. |
| At 5am on Friday, counterterrorism and Victoria police swept through properties in the suburbs of Ascot Vale, Glenroy and Gladstone Park in Melbourne’s north-west, as they tried to determine who supplied Khayre with the guns. | At 5am on Friday, counterterrorism and Victoria police swept through properties in the suburbs of Ascot Vale, Glenroy and Gladstone Park in Melbourne’s north-west, as they tried to determine who supplied Khayre with the guns. |
| They seized a fake gun and a laptop among other evidence, and arrested a man who was later released without charge. They also questioned two other men, who were not charged. | They seized a fake gun and a laptop among other evidence, and arrested a man who was later released without charge. They also questioned two other men, who were not charged. |
| On Friday afternoon, two more homes were searched in the northern suburbs of West Meadows and Reservoir, and police arrested and charged Dalrymple. | |
| Police said the raids were not related to any threat of a terrorist attack, but were carried out in relation to the alleged supply of firearms to Khayre. | Police said the raids were not related to any threat of a terrorist attack, but were carried out in relation to the alleged supply of firearms to Khayre. |
| Dalrymple is due to return to court for a committal mention on 25 July. |