Tweet
Breaking news from Austria. Another example of the dangers of adhering to the wrong religion.
But what's really going on? Well, it could be a hoax, but whether it's real or not, it's a ruse to take away people's freedoms and usher in the New World Order.
A gunman continues to negotiate with police almost nine hours into a hostage siege at the Lindt Chocolat Cafe in Martin Place in the heart of Sydney's CBD.
Five hostages have managed to flee the cafe, hours after a gunman first holed himself up in the store and forced hostages to display an Islamic flag. It remains unclear how many hostages are still in the cafe. . .
Earlier, two female cafe workers ran from the building at about 5pm. Three men escaped about an hour earlier.
The women, appeared to be aged in their 20s, ran out of the cafe a few seconds apart and into the arms of police officers. One of the two appeared to collapse as she rounded the corner from Martin Place into Elizabeth Street.
They fled from an office foyer on Martin Place that adjoins the cafe. Both were wearing brown Lindt aprons. . .
At an earlier media briefing, Deputy Police Commissioner Burn confirmed three male hostages had made it out.
"We do not have any information to suggest anyone has been harmed at this stage," she said.
"Police negotiators have had contact and will continue to have contact."
She also said police could not confirm how many people remained inside the Lindt cafe in Martin Place, but it was fewer than 30.
Chris Reason, a journalist from Channel Seven, said in posts to social media site Twitter that the hostage appeared to be rotating hostages, forcing them to stand against windows for as long as two hours at a time. . .
Sydney's CBD has been in lockdown as police negotiate with a gunman who stormed into the busy cafe on Monday morning.
In extraordinary and terrifying scenes, hostages could be seen through the cafe's windows with their hands held in the air, while heavily armed police surrounded the building.
A number of hostages were being forced to hold an Islamic flag against the window shortly after the siege began at 9.45am.
Thousands of workers across the city have been sent home early and some of the city's major buildings evacuated.
They include the Opera House, the State Library, Channel Seven, the NSW parliamentary executive offices, the NSW Supreme Court's criminal courts, the Downing Centre, and several city legal chambers. . .
NSW Premier Mike Baird said: "We are being tested today in Sydney."
"The police are being tested, the public is being tested, but whatever the test we will face it head-on and we will remain a civil, democratic society," he said.
"All my thoughts and prayers are with those members of the public affected by the situation in Martin Place and the NSW Police who are trained to deal with these events."
In a nationally televised address, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he could think of "almost nothing more distressing, more terrifying than to be caught up in such a situation".
"Our hearts go out to these people," he said.
"We have to appreciate that, even in a society such as ours, there are people who would wish to do us harm.
"Australia is a peaceful, open and generous society. Nothing should ever change that and that's why I would urge all Australians today to go about their business as usual."
Five hostages have managed to flee the cafe, hours after a gunman first holed himself up in the store and forced hostages to display an Islamic flag. It remains unclear how many hostages are still in the cafe. . .
Earlier, two female cafe workers ran from the building at about 5pm. Three men escaped about an hour earlier.
The women, appeared to be aged in their 20s, ran out of the cafe a few seconds apart and into the arms of police officers. One of the two appeared to collapse as she rounded the corner from Martin Place into Elizabeth Street.
They fled from an office foyer on Martin Place that adjoins the cafe. Both were wearing brown Lindt aprons. . .
At an earlier media briefing, Deputy Police Commissioner Burn confirmed three male hostages had made it out.
"We do not have any information to suggest anyone has been harmed at this stage," she said.
"Police negotiators have had contact and will continue to have contact."
She also said police could not confirm how many people remained inside the Lindt cafe in Martin Place, but it was fewer than 30.
Chris Reason, a journalist from Channel Seven, said in posts to social media site Twitter that the hostage appeared to be rotating hostages, forcing them to stand against windows for as long as two hours at a time. . .
Sydney's CBD has been in lockdown as police negotiate with a gunman who stormed into the busy cafe on Monday morning.
In extraordinary and terrifying scenes, hostages could be seen through the cafe's windows with their hands held in the air, while heavily armed police surrounded the building.
A number of hostages were being forced to hold an Islamic flag against the window shortly after the siege began at 9.45am.
Thousands of workers across the city have been sent home early and some of the city's major buildings evacuated.
They include the Opera House, the State Library, Channel Seven, the NSW parliamentary executive offices, the NSW Supreme Court's criminal courts, the Downing Centre, and several city legal chambers. . .
NSW Premier Mike Baird said: "We are being tested today in Sydney."
"The police are being tested, the public is being tested, but whatever the test we will face it head-on and we will remain a civil, democratic society," he said.
"All my thoughts and prayers are with those members of the public affected by the situation in Martin Place and the NSW Police who are trained to deal with these events."
In a nationally televised address, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he could think of "almost nothing more distressing, more terrifying than to be caught up in such a situation".
"Our hearts go out to these people," he said.
"We have to appreciate that, even in a society such as ours, there are people who would wish to do us harm.
"Australia is a peaceful, open and generous society. Nothing should ever change that and that's why I would urge all Australians today to go about their business as usual."
Tori Johnson, killed in the siege in Martin Place.
Comment