Updates on #SydneySiege

December 16th, 2014, 02:39 am

Updates on #SydneySiege

BREAKING @SkyBusiness: freed hostage borne high from #sydneysiege w/c.4 paramedic teams on the scene pic.twitter.com/DKBQI5tx4B ( carsonscottLI
— Sky News Australia (@SkyNewsAust) December 15, 2014

Gallery: Latest pictures from the #sydneysiege as gunfire is heard (AP) http://t.co/nCmrp3kMKK pic.twitter.com/SjPuFG4Qo2
— Telegraph Pictures (@TelegraphPics) December 15, 2014

@SkyBusiness http://t.co/8E3dSMBPhm #sydneysiege pic.twitter.com/rpz0rLPBo9 (@carsonscottLIVE)
— Sky News Australia (@SkyNewsAust) December 15, 2014

-Sydney siege gunman identified as Man Haron Monis
-Man Haron Monis, 50, first came to attention of police when he penned poisonous letters to the family of dead Australian soldiers seven years ago.
-Most recently, he was charged with more than 50 allegations of indecent and sexual assault relating to time allegedly spent as a self-proclaimed "spiritual healer"

Two people believed to be dead in #SydneySiege, including gunman Man Monis. LIVE Stream http://t.co/K8xeZf6pjw and LIVE on @Channel9.
— Nine News Australia (@9NewsAUS) December 15, 2014

Many have started using the hashtage #illridewithyou to show their support for the Muslim population. source

Sydney I love you all of you, this is the perfect sentiment #illridewithyou
— Rachael Taylor (@_Rachael_Taylor) December 15, 2014

Here's a timeline of events during the #sydneysiege http://t.co/pA1lydElVU pic.twitter.com/9Np5gt2Krd
— TODAY (@TODAYonline) December 15, 2014

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i'm at work about 15 minutes from martin place and it was pretty emotional to watch this all unfold. it all happened so quickly, after hours of silence 7 hostages came running out and then less than a minute later the police stormed in and all you could hear was gunfire and explosions.

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I really hope the reports of 2 dead is incorrect but I mean really, the way the seige was ended, it seems unlikely. :(

Nowhere seems to have confirmed it yet, so I'm hoping it isn't confirmed.

3 confirmed, including the gunman

my tv is saying 2 are dead including the gunman, several are injured.

This entire situation is so bizarre - especially since it seems like there isn't a lot of clarity about what is going on. Though.. isn't that a tactic to prevent the hostage taker from knowing what the police know, etc?

idk. I hope everyone is all right =(

The hash tag #illridewithyou is great

it is!

thankfully.

I'm happy that it's getting a lot of attention. Only good thing to come out of this tragedy.

It's the only positive thing to come out of this, and it warms my cold little heart to see so many of my FB friends promoting it.

it is. i'm so glad for it.

I'm sorry if it's ignorant, but what does the hashtag mean? I don't get it 😕

read this bb
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/martin-place-siege-illridewithyou-hashtag-goes-viral-20141215-127rm1.html

Aussies on twitter are offering to accompany Muslim Aussies on public transport if they're scared of bring attacked by Islamaphobic Aussies, after the siege.

I feel so sick reading all this. I went to bed, but couldn't sleep properly and woke up a few mins ago and caught up on this. :(

No confirmation yet on reported deaths.

@NSWAmbulance paramedics treating & transporting a number of hostages after @nswpolice resolve CBD incident pic.twitter.com/UKjLyG6u0d
— NSW Ambulance (@NSWAmbulance) December 15, 2014

to me it seemed like they heard gunshots and stormed in... hopefully we get more details as the day progresses :/

The gunman is dead right?

i don't think it's been confirmed yet

i can't believe it's been 2 years since the newtown massacre
feels like it happened yesterday

what happened here? I haven't been following.

gunman took over a Lindt cafe in Sydney with about 30-40 hostages inside. it went on for a whole day, at one point hostages had to hold up a flag that looks like the Islamic black standard. it's just now been resolved.

I wonder if there really are bombs around the city? my Sydney friends are all freaking out.

I doubt it, it looks like the gunman was just a lone lunatic

(not the appropriate post but who dat in your icon? 👀)

That's what I hope too.

(it's Manish Dayal, he's an actor)

I really hope the reports about anyone being dead are false, this is so heartbreaking :c

I'm glad this is looking like a lonewolf nut job and not a terrorism thing.

even so the islamophobics have already stirred up shit ugh.

Also, he came here as a refugee. Like it wasn't bad enough that bogans & racists are always spouting stop the boats crap. Now they're going to be saying, "see, this is why we should!"

Just because it was one person doesn't mean it wasn't terrorism though.

"lonewolf nutjobs" are still terrorists.

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he had dozens of sexual assault charges, was on a bail for being an accessory to his ex wife's murder and was convicted of sending harassing mail to families of dead soldiers...he's massively fucked up. :\