Monday, December 15, 2014

Update Lindt Cafe Hostage,3 dead several injured

       An injured hostage is carried away on a stretcher by paramedics after police stormed the Lindt Chocolat cafe in central Sydney where around 20 people were being held by a gunman during a 17-hour siege. One hostage and the gunman were reportedly killed in the firefight

After 16 hours of Haron Monis holding about 17 people hostage in Lindt Cafe Sidney, the police stormed the cafe firing automatic weapons, a man 34 and a woman 38 died  including the gunman Iranian  Haron Monis

The police issue a statement ,that it was a confrontation with a 50 years old gunman who died during the shoot out, two woman sustained non life- threatening injuries, another woman also got injured at the shoulder while a police officer was injured by gun shot pellet, those injured were taken to the Hospital while the hostage were freed.
The Gunman who took the hostages was an Iranian refugee who arrived Australia 1996, he was charge as murder accessory of his ex wife
He is also facing multiple charges of sexual assault,he got 300 hours of community service, for sending hate mails to bereaved Australian families of dead soldiers
His appeal to overturn the the judgement on Friday was unsuccessful followed by his action

               A hostage feared dead is carried out of the cafe after they were reportedly shot by the hostage-taker, prompting police to storm the building

                A female hostage is carried out and away from the cafe - clearly in distress with blood pouring down the legs




                        Man Haron Monis bound in chains in protest of his charges of using the postal service for menace



             Petrified: Two heavily armed police officers assist a hostage away from Lindt Cafe in Martin Place in central Sydney

             Police officers wearing armoured suits walk with a robot towards Lindt Cafe in Martin Place to check for booby traps after the siege ended

                          Man Haron Monis - also known as Sheik Haron - has been named as the gunman holding up to 15 people hostage in a Sydney café  



                   Arriving as a refugee in Australia in 1996, the hostage-taker was charged as an accessory to the murder of his ex-wife - who was allegedly stabbed and set on fire on a flight of stairs in her western Sydney apartment block in November 2013


              With terror etched on their faces, two female hostages run into the arms of armed police at the back of the building


Photo Credit Reuters/ AAPIMAGE


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