A Chinese man was killed in the Melbourne hostage-taking case?

According to reports, at about 4:30 in the evening on June 5, local time, a hostage-taking incident occurred in a hotel-style apartment building on Bay Street in Brighton District, Melbourne, Australia, resulting in the death of two men, including the gunman. die. Among them, the victim who was shot was a Chinese man, and three other police officers were injured. One female hostage was rescued safely.

Shortly after the incident, the police confirmed that they were treating the Brighton hostage incident as a "terrorist attack," and the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the incident. The gunman was confirmed to be Yacqub Khayre, a 29-year-old Roxburgh Park man who was on parole at the time of the crime.

It is reported that the male victim who was shot dead by gunman Kyle in the lobby on the first floor of Brighton Apartments that night was a Chinese in Australia employed by an escort agency. Kyle booked a serviced apartment and called a girl from an escort agency, then kidnapped her. The Chinese man may have been involved in the incident when he accompanied the girl to her workplace.

The incident is still under investigation.