SYDNEY HOSTAGE-CRISIS ENDS AS
POLICE STORM LINDT CAFÉ, HOSTAGES RESCUED, INDIAN TECHIE SAFE
The crisis in Sydney has
finally ended as all the hostages were rescued by police at the Lidnt Chocolate
Cafe in Martin Place. The gunman, however, has not yet been captured. After 15
hours of siege, police stormed into the cafe in the evening.Earlier, the
police identified the gunman as an Iranian refugee with criminal past.“An
Iranian refugee charged with sexual assault and known for sending hate letters
to the families of Australian soldiers killed overseas is the armed man holding
an unknown number of hostages in a Sydney cafe,” a police source said on
Tuesday.Man Haron Monis, an Iranian refugee and self-styled sheikh, remained
holed up in the cafe some 15 hours after the siege began.“There’s no
operational reason for that name to be held back by us now,” said the police
source, who declined to be identified.
Several people, including an Indian
techie, were taken hostage by the gunman at a popular cafe in Sydney and forced
to display an Islamic flag, triggering a security alert in Australia and
leading to evacuation of key buildings, including the Indian Consulate here.The
incident happened at the Lindt Chocolate Cafe in Martin Place, the heart
of Sydney’s business district.New South Wales Police
Commisioner Andrew Scipione has confirmed that no one has been injured in the
terror attack at the Lindt Chocolate Cafe. “We understand no one has been
injured, and if that’s true, for that we’re grateful,” Scipione said.
Prof. John Kurakar
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