Two shot dead near Sydney police HQ

A police vehicle, left, is seen at a cordoned-off street as a police officer, right, secures the area after a shooting that left two dead in Parramatta, a suburb in the metropolitan area of Sydney. Picture: Lucy Hughes Jones

A police vehicle, left, is seen at a cordoned-off street as a police officer, right, secures the area after a shooting that left two dead in Parramatta, a suburb in the metropolitan area of Sydney. Picture: Lucy Hughes Jones

Published Oct 2, 2015

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Sydney - Australian police sealed off streets and warned the public to keep away from New South Wales state police headquarters in Sydney on Friday after two people were shot dead, police and media said.

The Daily Telegraph newspaper said a man had fired on the building, hitting a police employee before being shot dead by police.

Australia has been on heightened alert for attacks by home-grown Islamist radicals since last year. In December, two hostages were killed when policed stormed a central Sydney cafe to end a 17-hour siege.

The Australian Broadcasting Corp said Friday's shooting was not thought to be terror related.

Reuters

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