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Photos: Sydney Cafe Siege
A siege in central Sydney ended in bloodshed after two hostages and their armed captor were killed.

    Updated Dec. 15, 2014 10:53 p.m. ET
    
    


      
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          Flowers are left at Martin Place in Sydney on Tuesday. A siege, which shut down a large part of central Sydney for more than 16 hours, ended in bloodshed after two hostages and their armed captor were killed when police stormed a cafe.
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          New South Wales police officers place marker cones over potential evidence as part of the investigation into the siege, Tuesday.
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          New South Wales Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione looks at flowers at the scene of the siege.
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          Hostages run from a cafe under siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney.
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          An injured hostage is carried out of the cafe after shots were fired.
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          A hostage runs toward a police officer outside Lindt Chocolate Café, where other hostages are being held, in Martin Place in Sydney on Monday.
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          A police officer runs across Martin Place near the cafe.
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          People hold up what appeared to be a flag with Arabic writing on it inside the cafe, in an image taken from video.
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          Police close a street near the cafe.
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          Police officers position themselves at a corner near the cafe.
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          Police evacuate people from a building next to the cafe.
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          Landmarks in Sydney, including the Sydney Opera House, were evacuated.
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          People watch along the street where the cafe is located.
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