Sydney Siege

Dec 15, 2014

Ching Duan

One Monday, two hostages and the gunman were sent to the hospital, but the doctor quickly discovered that three of them were dead. Two people died, along with an Islamist gunman, after commandos stormed a cafe in Sydney, Australia. Central Sydney was put in lockdown as the gunman, identified as an Iranian refugee, seized dozens of hostages early on Monday. After a while we know the name of the gunman. The gunman was called Man Haron Monis, he had a “long history of violent crime, infatuation with extremism and mental instability.” Local people have named those who died as Lindt cafe manager Tori Johnson, 34 and lawyer Katrina Dawson, 38. 4 people got injured including a policeman. The people died in The Lindt Chocolat Cafe, The Lindt Chocolat Cafe is located in Martin Place, a busy shopping area in Sydney’s financial district.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that this is a “horrific incident” at the cafe had been “tragic beyond words” and there were “lessons to be learned” from this “brush with terrorism”. “These events do demonstrate that even a country as free, as open and as generous as ours is vulnerable to acts of politically motivated violence but they also demonstrate that we are ready to respond,” he told reporters. The flags are to fly at half-mast across New South Wales to honour the two victims that died (Tori Johnson, 34 and lawyer Katrina Dawson, 38).

 

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With two hostages and gunman dead, grim investigation starts in Sydney – CNN.com. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14, 2015, from http://edition.cnn.com/2014/12/15/world/asia/australia-sydney-hostage-situation/

 

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Deadly end to Sydney cafe siege. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14, 2015, from http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-30485355