‘ISIS-inspired’ exchange student attacks host in his sleep day after arriving

Roger Singaravelu wasn’t a novice when it came to hosting foreign-exchange students.

So when Momena Shoma, 24, a female Bangladeshi student from a well-to-do family, needed to switch host homes a week after arriving in Australia in early February, Singaravelu opened his once again.

Nothing stood out that could have warned the 56-year-old Melbourne Hospital worker of any potential problem. The father of a five-year-old daughter felt comfortable enough to take an afternoon nap on the couch the day after Shoma settled in.

Then everything changed.