Sydney Siege - Martin Place

[lemons]

he gotta be dead for sure!

at least four people were carried out on stretchers and nine news say the seige is over

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bomb disposal robot going into the cafe

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cnn reporting 2 people have died

[MKR&*42]

CNN are saying that 2 are apparently dead, but not confirmed yet. CNN seem to be the only ones saying this thus far.
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Cnn = 2 dead, three in serious condition. They've confirmed it but bbc haven't had anything confirmed yet***

[Nick]

3 people died including the gunman

[Matt]

Martin Place cafe siege: Police storm cafe and kill gunman ‘Sheik’ Man Haron Monis

• Gunman Man Haron Monis killed
• Fatally shot cafe manager Tori Johnson praised as hero
• Sydney lawyer and mother-of-three Katrina Dawson second hostage killed
• Police stormed the cafe and multiple shots were fired after 2am

THE manager of the Lindt cafe who was fatally shot in the Martin Place siege is being praised as a hero, responsible for allowing others trapped in the cafe to escape.

Tori Johnson, 34, was wrestling a gun from hostage-taker Man Haron Monis when he was killed.

Hero hostage: Cafe manager Tori Johnson was killed attempting to disarm the gunman.


It is understood the cafe manager decided to take action when the hostage-taker began to doze off after the siege had been ongoing for 17 hours.
He lunged at the gunman’s weapon, enabling others to flee.
The second hostage killed has been identified as Katrina Dawson, 38. The mother-of-three is the sister of well known Sydney lawyer Sandy Dawson.
Ms Dawson was tragically killed trying to defend her pregnant friend, AAP reports.
The NSW Bar Association has released a statement this morning.
“Katrina was one of our best and brightest barristers who will be greatly missed by her colleagues and friends at the NSW Bar,” Bar President Jane Needham SC said in a statement.
“She was a devoted mother of three children, and a valued member of her floor and of our Bar community.
“Our thoughts are with her family at this time, including her brother, Sandy Dawson of Banco Chambers.”
The barrister had been having coffee with her pregnant colleague when the cafe was taken over by the gunman. Her children, aged eight, five and three, were being informed of the tragic outcome this morning The Australian reports.


Katrina Dawson was the second hostage killed. Picture: Supplied



Two pregnant women, aged 35 and 30, were among hostages. Both have been assessed and are stable, Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn confirmed.

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/mart...-1227157498633

Video of the TV host realising they knew one of the hostages that didn't make it:http://www.perthnow.com.au/video/id-...y-siege-victim

Such a sad outcome. RIP to the hostages that were killed.

[Milarz]

Was watching this live all day & night. And now Pakistan... I think WWlll is coming.

[Andings]

http://perthnow.com.au/news/seven-ne...-1227158147502

Interesting footage there on it! This is very saddening for all Australians as it's on home soil. So saddening shame there was loss of life

[-:Undertaker:-]

Awful, didn't expect it in Australia for obvious reasons.

Great show by Michael Savage on this.