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1. Understandably, there is a lot of speculation¹, but it will take time to clarify exactly what happened in Martin Place and why.

2. What we do now is the perpetrator was well-known to state and commonwealth² authorities. He had a long history of violent crime infatuation which is extremism and mental instability.

3. We know that he sent offensive letters to the families of Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan and was found guilty of offenses³ related to this.

4. We also know that he posted his graphic⁴ extremist material online. As the siege unfolded Yesterday, he sought to cloak his actions with the symbolism of the ISIL death cult⁵.

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1 speculation
n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机
参考例句：
Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。 There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

2 commonwealth
n.共和国，联邦，共同体
参考例句：
He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。 Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。

3 offenses
n.进攻( offense的名词复数 )；（球队的）前锋；进攻方法；攻势
参考例句：
It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses. 因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对。来自《简明英汉词典》 Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此，除非有可弹劾的行为，否则国会不能罢免行政官员。来自英汉非文学 - 行政法

4 graphic
adj.生动的，形象的，绘画的，文字的，图表的
参考例句：
The book gave a graphic description of the war.这本书生动地描述了战争的情况。 Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons.用图标来区分重要的文本项。

5 cult
n.异教，邪教；时尚，狂热的崇拜
参考例句：
Her books aren't bestsellers,but they have a certain cult following.她的书算不上畅销书，但有一定的崇拜者。 The cult of sun worship is probably the most primitive one.太阳崇拜仪式或许是最为原始的一种。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-12-18