Hostage standoff in Sydney, Australia comes to an end
Three people died in a Sydney cafe after a hostage crisis led to heavy gunfire and security forces storming the building.
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- Police direct people who had been evacuated from surrounding buildings to areas outside the exclusion zone on Philip St on December 15, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/Getty Images)
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- Police patrol the exclusion zone around Philip and Hunter Streets on December 15, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/Getty Images)
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- Onlookers are seen just outside the exclusion zone around Philip and Hunter Streets on December 15, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/Getty Images)
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- Police patrol the exclusion zone around Philip Street on December 15, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/Getty Images)
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- A woman is carried out by police from the Lindt Cafe, Martin Place following a hostage standoff on December 15, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Police stormed the Sydney cafe as a gunman had been holding hostages for 16 hours. (Photo by Joseph Martinson/Getty Images)
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- A woman is taken to an ambulance by stretcher outside Lindt Cafe, Martin Place on December 15, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Police attend a hostage situation at Lindt Cafe in Martin Place. (Photo by Don Arnold/Getty Images)
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- A police officer climbs into a rescue police patrol next to the Lindt Cafe, Martin Place during a hostage standoff on December 16, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Police stormed the Sydney cafe after a gunman had taken hostages, ending the standoff. (Photo by Daniel Munoz/Getty Images)
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- A police officer climbs into a rescue police patrol next to the Lindt Cafe, Martin Place during a hostage standoff on December 16, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Police stormed the Sydney cafe after a gunman had taken hostages, ending the standoff. (Photo by Daniel Munoz/Getty Images)
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- Anti-explosive police officers talk next to the Lindt Cafe, Martin Place during a hostage standoff on December 16, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Police stormed the Sydney cafe after a gunman had taken hostages, ending the standoff. (Photo by Daniel Munoz/Getty Images)
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- An anti-explosives robot sits at the Lindt Cafe, Martin Place during a hostage standoff on December 16, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Police stormed the Sydney cafe after a gunman had taken hostages, ending the standoff. (Photo by Daniel Munoz/Getty Images)
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- Anti-explosive police officers talk next to the Lindt Cafe, Martin Place during a hostage standoff on December 16, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Police stormed the Sydney cafe after a gunman had taken hostages, ending the standoff. (Photo by Daniel Munoz/Getty Images)
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- Police stand guard near the Lindt Chocolate Cafe in Martin Place following a hostage standoff on December 16, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Two were reported dead after police stormed the Sydney cafe after a gunman had been holding hostages for 16 hours. (Photo by Joosep Martinson/Getty Images)
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- Police tape is streched near the Lindt Chocolate Cafe in Martin Place following a hostage standoff on December 16, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Two were reported dead after police stormed the Sydney cafe after a gunman had been holding hostages for 16 hours. (Photo by Joosep Martinson/Getty Images)
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- Hostages run out of a cafe in the central business district of Sydney on December 16, 2014. Police stormed the Sydney cafe where a gunman had taken hostages and displayed an Islamic flag, television footage showed early December 16. (PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images)
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- An injured hostage is carried out of a cafe in the central business district of Sydney on December 16, 2014. Police stormed the Sydney cafe where a gunman had taken hostages and displayed an Islamic flag, television footage showed early December 16. (PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Armed Australian police carry out an operation outside the cafe following an operation in the central business district of Sydney on December 16, 2014. Police stormed the Sydney cafe where a gunman had taken hostages and displayed an Islamic flag, television footage showed early December 16. Police have confirmed the siege is over. (SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Australian police carry out a hostage rescue from a cafe in the central business district of Sydney on December 16, 2014. Police stormed the Sydney cafe where a gunman had taken hostages and displayed an Islamic flag, television footage showed early December 16. Police have confirmed the siege is over. (PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Police escort a hostage (second right) with the help of a paramedic (right) during a hostage siege in the central business district of Sydney on December 16, 2014. Police stormed the Sydney cafe where a gunman had taken hostages and displayed an Islamic flag, television footage showed early December 16. At least two people were killed, television reports said early Tuesday. (WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Armed police and paramedics take out injured people following an operation at a cafe in the central business district of Sydney on December 16, 2014. Police stormed the Sydney cafe where a gunman had taken hostages and displayed an Islamic flag, television footage showed early December 16. (SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A bomb disposal expert leaves the cafe after a hostage siege in the central business district of Sydney on December 16, 2014. Police stormed the Sydney cafe where a gunman had taken hostages and displayed an Islamic flag, television footage showed early December 16. (WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Armed police care seen after carrying out an operation outside the cafe where a gunman had taken people captive in the central business district of Sydney on December 15, 2014. At least two people, including the hostage taker, were killed as police stormed the Sydney cafe to end a siege of more than 16 hours by a gunman holding several hostages, television reports said early Tuesday. (SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Police enter a cafe after a hostage siege in the central business district of Sydney on December 16, 2014. Police stormed the Sydney cafe where a gunman had taken hostages and displayed an Islamic flag, television footage showed early December 16. (WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Armed police carry out an operation outside the cafe where a gunman had taken people captive in the central business district of Sydney on December 15, 2014. (SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Armed police carry out an operation outside the cafe where a gunman had taken people captive in the central business district of Sydney on December 15, 2014. (SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Armed police carry out an operation outside the cafe where a gunman had taken people captive in the central business district of Sydney on December 15, 2014. (SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A police officer assists a man with his armored suit near Lindt Cafe in Martin Place in central Sydney on December 16, 2014. (REUTERS/Jason Reed)
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- A police officer walks away from a robot outside Lindt Cafe in Martin Place in central Sydney on December 16, 2014. (REUTERS/Jason Reed)
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- Police officers wearing armored suits walk with a robot towards Lindt Cafe in Martin Place in central Sydney on December 16, 2014.(REUTERS/Jason Reed)
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- Paramedics remove a person, with bloodstains on the blankets covering the person, on a stretcher from the Lindt cafe, where hostages were being held, at Martin Place in central Sydney December 16, 2014. (REUTERS/David Gray)
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- Paramedics remove a person, with bloodstains on the blankets covering the person, on a stretcher from the Lindt cafe, where hostages were being held, at Martin Place in central Sydney December 16, 2014. (REUTERS/David Gray)
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- A hostage runs towards a police officer outside Lindt cafe, where other hostages are being held, in Martin Place in central Sydney December 15, 2014. (REUTERS/Jason Reed)
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- Police surround the Lindt Chocolate Cafe, Martin Place during a hostage standoff on December 15, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Joosep Martinson/Getty Images)
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- A hostage runs down Philip street after coming out of the Lindt Cafe, Martin Place on December 15, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Police attend a hostage situation at Lindt Cafe in Martin Place. (Photo by Don Arnold/Getty Images)
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- Armed police take aim outside the Lindt Cafe, Martin Place on December 15, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Police attend a hostage situation at Lindt Cafe in Martin Place. (Photo by Don Arnold/Getty Images)
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- An armed policeman walks northward along Philip St , Martin Place on December 15, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Police attend a hostage situation at Lindt Cafe in Martin Place. (Photo by Don Arnold/Getty Images)
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