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						Sydney siege: A timeline of how it happened
				





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Police confirm siege over, after shots fired
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				The Sydney siege came to a dramatic end just after 2am this morning.
				



Below is how events played out.9.45am - A number of hostages held inside a cafe in Sydney’s Martin Place with an Islamic flag pressed up against a window.Hostages seen with their arms in the air inside the Lindt Chocolat Cafe and the CBD goes into lockdown.Workers in nearby buildings ordered to evacuate the area.SYDNEY SIEGE GUNMAN AMONG THREE DEAD GUNMAN IDENTIFIED AS SELF-STYLED SHEIK MAN HARON MONIS
HOSTAGE MARCIA MIKHAEL’S CHILLING FACEBOOK POST10.14am - Police establish a 150m exclusion zone around the cafe with specialist police outside the shop.Martin Place train station shut down.10.45am - Sydney Opera House evacuated following reports of a suspicious package.10.47am - Transport NSW advises motorists and public transport commuters to stay away from the CBD.







Media and onlookers gather in Martin Place / Picture: Cameron Richardson
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10.55am - The flag being displayed appears to be the Shahada flag which has been adopted by extremist groups such as the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front.11.00am - Reports of up to 13 hostages inside the cafe.11.15am - US Consulate sends emergency message to US citizens in Australia.11.20am - Flights diverting around Sydney CBD but operating on schedule.11.25am - The National Security Committee of Cabinet convenes for briefings.#I’LLRIDEWITHYOU TWITTER SPROUTS ANTI-ISLAMOPHOBIA CAMPAIGNCOMMISSIONER PRAISES POLICE FOR PUTTING LIFE ON LINE11.30am - Prime Minister Tony Abbott issues a statement saying it is a “deeply concerning incident” but reassures the public that security agencies are well trained to handle it.11.35am - Lindt Australia CEO Steve Loane estimates there are up to 50 people being held.11.35am - A number of Australian Muslim leaders offer to help in any way they can.11.40am - Channel Seven air footage of alleged armed offender. He is middle aged with a salt and pepper beard, wearing a headband with Islamic writing.







The CBD in lockdown after the siege began / Picture: Cameron Richardson.
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11.51am - NSW Police try to make contact with the people inside the cafe. They advise workers who are trapped in buildings inside the police cordon to stay away from windows.12.00pm - Macquarie Radio reports an alleged gunman has told negotiators he has “devices all over the city” and wants to “speak with the prime minister live on radio”.- Several sites around the CBD evacuated, including Channel Seven building, Opera House, NSW parliamentary executive offices, State Library and NSW Supreme Court’s criminal courts.PM TONY ABBOTT ANNOUNCES NATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE REVIEWTHE FUSE OF PUBLIC ANGER HAS BEEN LIT AS TERROR COMES TO SYDNEY12.02pm - All public schools asked to assume “white level” lockout, which means no school group is to leave the school grounds.12.10pm - A man is arrested 200m from the siege with what appears to be a handgun. The arrest is not linked to the siege.12.55pm - Prime Minister Tony Abbott says there are ‘some indications’ it is politically motivated but urges Australians to go about their business as usual.







A woman cries on the steps of the Supreme Court on the corner of King and Elizabeth Sts near the siege site / Picture: Cameron Richardson
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Opposition Leader Bill Shorten offers Tony Abbott the Opposition’s full support in dealing with the incident12.57pm - US President Barack Obama is briefed on the siege by Homeland Security and Counterterrorism chief Lisa Monaco.1.05pm - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says his country’s “thoughts and prayers are with our Australian friends”.1.30pm - NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione says they had moved to a “footing” similar to dealing with a terrorist attack. - New Zealand Prime Minister John Key sends a message of support.1.32pm - Lindt stores elsewhere around the country shut for the day.1.50pm - Queensland’s police commissioner Ian Stewart says he has information an improvised explosive device may be involved.1.55pm - NSW Premier Mike Baird says Sydney is being tested today, but ‘we will remain a democratic society’







Monis in the cafe yesterday looking out the window over the shoulder of a female hostage.
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Monis holds a press conference after being banned from contacting any members of the families of defence force personnel.
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2.17pm - The hostage drama causes chaos across the CBD, with roads closed and public transport services disrupted.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi labels the events as “inhuman & deeply unfortunate. I pray for everyone’s safety”2.30pm - Major banks including CBA, Westpac, NBA and ANZ close several CBD branches but the Reserve Bank of Australia, near the Lindt cafe, is operating with back-up procedures in place. Several retailers around Martin Place are also forced to close.2.45pm - Lindt Chocolat Cafe Australia thank the public for their support via Facebook, saying they are “deeply concerned over this serious incident”2.57pm - The Grand Mufti of Australia puts out a statement condemning the incident, saying “such actions are denounced in part and in whole by Islam.”3.14pm - Opposition Leader Bill Shorten calls for the nation to be united, saying Australians are shocked, but they won’t be shaken.3.37pm - Three male hostages run out of the cafe.3.50pm - NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn confirms negotiators have spoken with a gunman.She says there are fewer than 30 hostages and none have been harmed at this stage.Police refuse to label the attacks as “terrorism” or speculate on how many offenders are inside the cafe.Police ask people in buildings facing Martin Place to remain there, while everyone else can go home as the working day ends.4.17pm - The National Security Committee of Cabinet meets. AFP chief Andrew Colvin and Justice Minister Michael Keenan are en route back from PNG to Australia5.00pm - Two female Lindt workers leave the cafe.8.30pm - Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione and NSW Premier Mike Baird front a media conference on the unfolding siege in Sydney’s Martin Place.“We are in this together,” Premier Baird said.2.07 - A hostage emerges from the cafe, gunshots are heard, there is shouting, flash grenades were thrown into the building.2.11am - Police to move in, attempting to rescue the hostages, the gunman is among those shot dead and there are at least three serious injuries..






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