They should have arrested him and taken him to court within 24hrs. That was extra judicial.

It emerged that Monis, a self-styled "sheikh", had appeared before the Australian courts last year for writing hate mail to the families of Australian servicemen killed in Afghanistan. He was also on bail accused of being an accessory to the murder of his ex-wife, and for 40 counts of sexual assault and indecency. Despite his notoriety and public profile – he had vented his anti-Western views several times on Australian television – he was apparently deemed a harmless crank rather than an imminent danger by Australian intelligence officials.

RINK - He was out on bail

Matimoni merged all sieke threads to save space!

They are not as primitive as we are, we were socialized to gawk at dead bodies of accidents and shootings victims. This has created the urge to demand to be shown the body to satisfy our visual urges.

Glad it ended with only two casualties. But with only one hostage taker, I believe they should have had no losses. They should have just negotiated (with no end) and worn the assailant down. 36 hours of nonstop negotiations would have driven him to sleep.