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Melbourne Attacker Previously Cleared Of Plotting Terrorism

It’s emerged the gunman who killed a man and took a woman hostage in Australia was previously cleared of plotting a suicide attack.

Police shot Yacqub Khayre dead during the siege in Melbourne yesterday.

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Three officers were also injured.

The 29 year-old was one of two men acquitted by a jury in 2010 of plotting an attack in Sydney.

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