Monday, December 15, 2014

Gunman hold 15 hostage at Lindt Cafe, Sidney Australia

         Dozens of people are being held hostage by a terrorist who stormed into a central Sydney cafe with a gun and forced crying women to hold a black Islamic flag up to the window


A gunman on Monday Morning rush hour  walked into a Lindt cafe in Sidney and took all 15 people hostage he after ward force the hostages to hold up a  black flag with Islamic writing in white believe to be the flag of ISIS the terror group in Syria
After hours of standoff, five hostages manage to escape,realizing this the gunman flew into a rage, the paramilitary  police surrounded the cafe and it environs all through Monday, the identity of the man has been known and contact established, the hostage situation started around 9 am, but 12 hours later light in the siege cafe went off, it could not be ascertain if it was the police or the gun man tactics
The hostage taker has demanded to speak to Prime Minister Tony Abbott.



          


          


           

          A male employee wearing an apron frantically ran out of a side fire exit and hid behind police
          Many remain: Around 10 hostages are thought to remain inside the Lindt chocolate cafe 

          Terrified customers and employees were among those standing with their hands against the window at the Lindt cafe in Sydney

          A hostage could be seen pressing their hands up against the window of the cafe

          Police kept their guns raised on the fire exit after an employee unexpectedly ran from the cafe


           Police are stationed behind a ballistic shield with weapons drawn outside the fire door where a hostage escaped from


    Armed police have sealed off streets around the cafe and Martin Place station is shut Armed police have sealed off streets around the cafe and Martin Place station is shut

          Hostages: People could be seen with their hands pressed against the window of the Lindt cafe in Sydney

           Police helped direct employees who were in lockdown in a building near the cafe under siege


            Three women were pictured rushing through Philip Street past armed police as they fled Martin Place

                        


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