A man is holding several people hostage at Martin Place cafe, Sydney.

[Serpo]

A man is holding several people hostage at Martin Place cafe



7 minutes ago  December 15, 2014 2:10PM




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Staff and customers hold up what is believed to be a jihadist flag up against the window of the Lindt cafe. Source: Channel 7





Up to 50 people being held hostage at Lindt cafe
Anti-terrorism raids held his morning (http://www.news.com.au/national/a-man-is-holding-several-people-hostage-at-martin-place-cafe/story-fncynjr2-1227156241649#U5032117096967tD)
Buildings have been evacuated or are in lockdown (http://www.news.com.au/national/a-man-is-holding-several-people-hostage-at-martin-place-cafe/story-fncynjr2-1227156241649#U503211709696X0G)
Trains and other transport impact, people advised to avoid the area (http://www.news.com.au/national/a-man-is-holding-several-people-hostage-at-martin-place-cafe/story-fncynjr2-1227156241649#U503211709696fOF)
Jihadist flag: What does it mean? (http://www.news.com.au/national/a-man-is-holding-several-people-hostage-at-martin-place-cafe/story-fncynjr2-1227156241649#U503211709696XuC)


A GUNMAN is holding up to 50 people hostage at a cafe in Martin Place in Sydney.

At least one offender took hostages at the popular Lindt chocolate cafe, which has several entrances, just before 10am.
Some members of staff could be seen wearing their shop aprons and standing with their hands up at the windows. There is also a black and white flag being held up in a window. It is believed to be the Black Standard, a jihadist flag.
The incident has not been branded a terrorist attack yet, but police have confirmed they have “moved to a footing consistent with a terrorism event” in their response.
NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione told reporters this afternoon it remained a hostage situation “but we are ready to escalate if we need to”.
They did not have “direct contact” with the hostage-taker.
“We’re working through that - at this stage we’ve not got extensive communications ... We are not dealing directly with him.”
It was not clear what the offender’s motivation was.
Lindt Australia CEO Steve Loane earlier told news.com.au he believes there are 40 to 50 people inside the cafe, including customers and staff.
Other reports are suggesting there may only be 13 hostages.
Police handcuffed a man 200m from the cafe siege but a police statement has since clarified the arrest was unrelated to the siege.
RELATED: Lindt workers wait for news as hostage situation continues (http://www.news.com.au/national/martin-place-siege-lindt-cafe-boss-worker-wait-for-news-as-hostage-crisis-continues/story-fncynjr2-1227156428481)

http://www.news.com.au/national/a-man-is-holding-several-people-hostage-at-martin-place-cafe/story-fncynjr2-1227156241649


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2873855/Gunman-takes-hostages-cafe-Sydney.html

[gunDriller]

Hark the Herald Angels Sing,

Glory to the Newborn ... Scary Muslim ?


OOPS, got my themes mixed up.


Why are Scary Muslims attacking Aussie's ?

Because Australia joined the US attack on Scary Muslims in the Mid-East ... another nation volunteering to be Israel's Bitch in the Mid-East.


Would the Scary Muslims be attacking Aussie's in Australia if the US & Australia left the Mid-East alone ?

[midnight rambler]

Commie Nooz is claiming this guy (who appears to be black with a criminal record) is an 'Iranian refugee'. And he's wanting an ISIS flag? ??? Incongruent. ISIS is Sunni, Iranians are Shiite.

[crimethink]

The obvious solution is to import more Muslim "refugees."

[gunDriller]

this website could use a "nother one bites the dust" button.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE


That was as close as I could get - a link to a Queen video.

[mick silver]

don't we have a member are two who lives there ...Australian police say three dead, four hurt in Sydney .....
http://news.yahoo.com/australian-police-three-dead-four-hurt-sydney-siege-184956770.html

[mick silver]

looks like the guy they killed had been playing game with them there and they let him go ... 2 hostages are dead because Australia gave this lowlife BAIL--Despite him ranting against Aussie policies, and also sending nasty letters to the widows of the brave Australian soldiers who died--sad day in Australia, 2 hostages in their '30's are dead

[EE_]

Who shot/killed the hostages, the cops, or the gunman?

[mick silver]

heavy gunfire as security forces stormed the building

[midnight rambler]

Naturally 'the authorities' will never ask themselves the introspective question, "How'd it come to this anyway??"

[EE_]

heavy gunfire as security forces stormed the building

That's what I thought, cops came in guns a blazen. Probably fired a couple hundred rounds killing hostages aka. collateral damage. That's the way it's done now a days

[mick silver]

Two killed as Australian police storm siege cafehttp://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-08-26/d19448d6-6aaa-4359-a768-eadacf5fbca9_afp-gif_new.gif (http://www.afp.com/) By Glenda Kwek 3 hours ago






CBS-BaltimoreHostage Situation Comes To Dramatic End In Australia
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Sydney (AFP) - At least two people were killed as heavily armed Australian police early Tuesday dramatically stormed a central Sydney cafe to end a day-long siege sparked when an Iranian-born Islamist took several people hostage.



Security forces in SWAT-style gear intervened, unleashing a flurry of loud bangs and flashes in the eatery in the heart of Australia's biggest city, after a number of the staff and customers managed to flee for their lives.
An AFP photographer saw one body carried out. Australian media said that in addition, the gunman was shot dead by police. Sky News also reported four people were wounded, three of them critically.
Royal North Shore Hospital had admitted a woman in her 40s with a gunshot wound to her leg, a spokeswoman told AFP. She was in a serious but stable condition.
A bomb robot, which is used to detect and disarm explosives, was subsequently sent into the building as police declared the siege over and medics tended to hostages.
"Sydney siege is over. More details to follow," police announced on Twitter.
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(http://news.yahoo.com/photos/injured-hostage-carried-cafe-central-business-district-sydney-photo-164316689.html)An injured hostage is carried out of a cafe in the central business district of Sydney, on December …

The hostage­taker, who earlier had unfurled an Islamic flag, was named by ABC television and other media as a 49-year-old Iranian-­born "cleric" called Man Haron Monis.
They published a photo of him sporting a beard and a white turban and said he was on bail for a series of violent offences.
The pre­Christmas siege of the Lindt chocolate cafe began Monday morning and triggered a massive security lockdown in Sydney's financial district as hundreds of police surrounded the site.
Monis's former lawyer Manny Conditsis said the public could be assured that the siege was not the work of an organised terrorist group.
"This is a one-off random individual," he told broadcaster ABC. "It's not a concerted terrorism event or act. It's a damaged­goods individual who's done something outrageous."
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The Australian newspaper called Monis a "self­styled sheikh" who had sent offensive letters to the families of dead soldiers and was on bail on charges of being an accessory to the murder of his ex-wife.
It said he arrived in Australia as a refugee in 1996, lived in Sydney's southwest and was "understood to be a fringe Islamist".
Police did not deny the reports. They said they knew who the hostage-taker was but would not identify him with operations continuing.
The government said earlier there was no clear motivation. But the Islamic flag appeared to be one commonly used by jihadist groups bearing the shahada, or profession of faith in Arabic script ­­ "There is no God but Allah; Mohammed is his messenger."
The gunman, reportedly armed with a shotgun, made a series of demands through Australian media but they were removed after police requested they not be made public.
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(http://news.yahoo.com/photos/one-hostages-runs-towards-police-leaving-cafe-where-photo-071420871.html)One of the hostages runs towards police after leaving a cafe where a gunman is holding an unknown nu …

Australia has been on high alert with the government raising concerns that citizens who have fought alongside Sunni jihadists in Iraq and Syria could return home radicalised and carry out "lone wolf" attacks.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott convened a national security meeting to deal with the "disturbing" development.
Some six hours into the siege, three men emerged from the cafe and ran for their lives. Around an hour later two distraught women employees also fled, and then several more people managed to run out late in the night.
One of the escapees was barista Elly Chen whose sister Nicole said on Facebook: "Yessss I finally see you. I'm so glad you're safe!!!!"
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Channel Seven reporter Chris Reason, whose office is opposite the cafe, tweeted earlier: "From inside Martin Place newsroom, we've counted around 15 hostages ­­ not 50 ­­ mix of women, men, young, old ­ but no children."
Reason added: "We can see gunman is rotating hostages, forcing them to stand against windows, sometimes 2 hours at a time."
Journalist Chris Kenny, who was in the Lindt cafe just before the siege began, said he understood the automatic glass sliding doors had been disabled.
The scene of the drama, Martin Place, is Sydney's financial centre and houses several prominent buildings, including the New South Wales2 parliament, the US consulate, the country's central bank and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
Many shops and offices in the area shut early due to the scare, with only a trickle of people walking along usually bustling streets.
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(http://news.yahoo.com/photos/person-seen-door-cafe-r-police-stand-ready-photo-071420000.html)A person is seen in the door of the cafe (R) as police stand ready nearby during a hostage siege in …

At the nearby Sydney Opera House, which police had swept earlier Monday, evening performances were cancelled.
"It's sad to think this is my home and that it could happen anywhere," said onlooker Rebecca Courtney.
More than 40 Australian Muslim groups jointly condemned the hostage­taking and the use of the flag, which they said had been hijacked by "misguided individuals that represent no one but themselves".
The government in September raised its terror threat level and police conducted large­scale counter­terror raids across the country. Only two people were charged.
More than 70 Australians are believed to be fighting for Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria. At least 20 have died.


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[mick silver]

comment ... Americans should watch with interest at how easy it will be for these murders to use our court system to get away from punishment when this happens here---and it WILL happen---we are only being warned of things to come. 911 was only practice for these hateful people. The Aussies don't put up with that and they had the courage to take ultimate action for their people. I don't have the same kind of confidence in our own society that this would be the same action taken if it were to happen here. On second thought, maybe the extreme actions taken by some of our police departments may be a signal that they ARENT going to stand for it. Now if we could just find some common-sense middle ground without killing innocents......

[EE_]

comment ... Americans should watch with interest at how easy it will be for these murders to use our court system to get away from punishment when this happens here---and it WILL happen---we are only being warned of things to come. 911 was only practice for these hateful people. The Aussies don't put up with that and they had the courage to take ultimate action for their people. I don't have the same kind of confidence in our own society that this would be the same action taken if it were to happen here. On second thought, maybe the extreme actions taken by some of our police departments may be a signal that they ARENT going to stand for it. Now if we could just find some common-sense middle ground without killing innocents......

Yep, no mention of the gunman shooting anyone.

[mick silver]

now you get the meaning no one leaves alive , I don't see any were that the guy took a life

[PatColo]

Naturally 'the authorities' will never ask themselves the introspective question, "How'd it come to this anyway??"


It most likely didn't "come to this"... as has become the norm until proven otherwise in recent years. :(

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This is a 2h 40m beeeotch, I just put it on, but they get straight into the suspicious aspects, like a drill for the same scenario in the same biz district... this time a year ago, not simultaneous. Both YT & MP3 below, but it seems the YT is helpful in this case coz they flash photos & maps etc.


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[Glass]

so the take away from this is that if you are caught up in a hostage situation in Australia the police will shoot you even if you are the hostage.