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THREE DEAD IN BLOODY END TO SYDNEY SIEGE
THREE DEAD IN BLOODY END TO SYDNEY SIEGE
Sydney siege: Three dead after commandos storm cafe.
Two people died, along with an Islamist gunman, after commandos stormed a cafe in Sydney, Australia, to bring to an end a 16-hour siege.
The gunman, identified as an Iranian refugee, had taken dozens of hostages.
Four people were injured, including a policeman hit by shotgun pellets.
Central Sydney was put in lockdown when the gunman seized the hostages early on Monday, forcing some of them to hold up a black Islamic banner at the window of the Lindt cafe.
The Lindt Chocolat Cafe is located in Martin Place, a busy shopping area in Sydney’s financial district.
The gunman was named as Man Haron Monis. He received political asylum in Australia in 1996 and was on bail facing a number of charges.
A 34-year-old man and a woman aged 38 were pronounced dead after being taken to hospital, as was the gunman, the New South Wales police force said in a statement.
Two women suffered non-life threatening injuries as did a policeman who had been hit in the face by pellets.
Another woman suffered a gunshot wound to her shoulder.
