Sydney: Australian police said on Saturday they believe the shooting of a police worker by a 15-year-old boy in Sydney on Friday was politically motivated and linked to "terrorism".
The gunman was shot dead by police on Friday afternoon after gunning down a worker at close range as he was leaving the headquarters of the New South Wales Police, police and witnesses said.
Police said they had identified the gunman as a 15-year-old of Iraqi-Kurdish background who had been born in Iran.
The gunman was shot dead by police on Friday afternoon after gunning down a worker at close range as he was leaving the headquarters of the New South Wales Police, police and witnesses said.
Police said they had identified the gunman as a 15-year-old of Iraqi-Kurdish background who had been born in Iran.
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