2017 Brighton siege

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408 Bay St, Brighton VIC 3186, Australia

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S37° 54' 23.5836" E145° 0' 27.6696"   (-37.906551, 145.007686) Start navigation »

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On 5 June 2017, Yacqub Khayre, a 29-year-old Somali-born Australian, murdered a receptionist and held a prostitute hostage at the Buckingham International Serviced Apartments, located in Brighton a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. In a subsequent shoot-out with a police tactical unit, Khayre was killed and three police officers were wounded. Police consider the siege an act of terrorism.

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