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						Sydney siege: What we know, what we don’t
				





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                    Hostages flee the Lindt Chocolat Caf in downtown Sydney moments before heavily armed police officers storm inside. A self-styled sheikh held several hostages at gunpoint in a siege lasting more than 16 hours. Photo: AP.
                




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				AUSTRALIA woke to the shocking news that the Sydney siege did not end peacefully.
				



As rumour and speculation swirls around the incident, here’s an up-to-date breakdown of what we know and what we don’t.WHAT WE KNOW● Three people were shot dead at the end of the siege: a 34-year-old man, cafe manager Tori Johnson; a 38-year-old mother-of-three, Katrina Dawson; and the 50-year-old gunman.● The gunman was Man Haron Monis, a self-styled sheik who came to Australia from Iran in 1996 as a political refugee● Monis took 17 people hostage in Lindt Chocolat Cafe in Martin Place, in central Sydney, about 9.45am yesterday● Some hostages used their Facebook accounts and called the media to share the hostage-taker’s demands. They included that he would exchange one hostage for an Islamic State flag, and that two people would be freed if politicians told the media that the siege was an attack on Australia by IS








A woman is carried out by police from the Lindt Cafe, Martin Place, after the standoff. Picture: Joosep Martinson/Getty Images
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● Monis kept the innocent people captive at gunpoint for 17 hours until heavily armed police stormed the building just after 2am. Police were prompted to move in after hearing gunfire● There was heavy gunfire inside the cafe until the siege officially ended at 2.10am. A number of small explosives, or Flashbangs, were used in the confrontation with the gunman● Monis was acting alone and he did not have any bombs. NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione said it was an “isolated incident”● Among the 17 hostages, two were killed and five were injured: a 75 year-old woman received a gunshot wound to the shoulder (she is now in a stable condition), a 52-year-old woman received a gunshot wound to the foot (stable condition), a 43-year-old woman received a gunshot wound to the leg (stable condition), and two pregnant women, aged 35 and 30, were both assessed for health and welfare purposes (both stable)● A male police officer, 39, suffered a minor wound to his face from gunshot pellets. He was treated at hospital and has been discharged● Five hostages managed to escape yesterday afternoon, and a number of others broke free before police intervened early this morning







Man Haron Monis at a Muslim protest at Lakemba railway station earlier this year.
Source: News Corp Australia




● Monis, who lived in southwest Sydney, was on bail for a number of violent offences, including a charge of accessory to murder. He was accused of assisting in the murder of his ex-wife, who was allegedly stabbed and set alight in a stairwell in Sydney last year. Monis’s current partner has been charged with murder over the incident● He was also facing 50 charges of indecent and sexual assault of women, including the 2002 sexual assault of a young woman that was allegedly carried out for her own “spiritual healing”● He was also convicted of sending offensive letters to the families of Australian soldiers who had died at war in Afghanistan and Iraq. In one letter, he referred to a fallen Digger as “the son to a dirty pig”● Prime Minister Tony Abbott confirmed that Monis had a history of violence and mental instability, and that he had posted “graphic extremist material” online







Hostages flee the Lindt Cafe last night. Picture: Joosep Martinson/Getty Images
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● Police were alerted to the Martin Place siege about 9.45am yesterday when a woman saw a man carrying a blue sports bag that appeared to contain a gun outside the cafe.● Police will maintain a perimeter around the Lindt cafe at the corner of Martin Place and Philip Street this morning● Throughout the siege, hostages were forced to hold up to the cafe’s window a flag known as The Black Standard, which has been used as a symbol by Islamic extremists● The flag bears the shahada, or profession of faith in Arabic script: “There is no God but Allah; Mohammed is his messenger”● Police yesterday erected a large black shield to cover the corner of the Lindt store from view● Airspace in Sydney is open but some flights yesterday were diverted around the CBD● Police handcuffed a man 200m from the cafe siege yesterday, but a police statement has since clarified the arrest was not related to the siege.







A hostage runs to armed tactical response police officers for safety after she escaped from the cafe under siege. Picture: AP Photo/Rob Griffith
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WHAT WE DON’T KNOW● We don’t know what changed inside the cafe to prompt the gunshots● Authorities are yet to confirm the number of police involved in the shootout● We cannot confirm the motivation of the hostage-taker, nor what he was trying to achieve. It has not been confirmed whether the incident was related to terrorism, but NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione said officers had “moved to a footing consistent with a terrorism event”● Earlier yesterday, Commissioner Scipione said police were in communication with the gunman but refused to reveal how. “Suffice to say we have got contact with him,” he told media● We have been unable to confirm the conditions of the remaining injured hostages● We do not know the name of the injured policeman.







Hostages were pushed up against the windows in the Lindt cafe.
Source: Channel 7




Keep up to date with this unfolding story here.Anyone who can assist police with their investigations should phone Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.






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