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Gunman Holding Hostages At Sydney Cafe
« on: December 15, 2014, 04:15:24 PM »
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Police are negotiating with an armed offender who has been holding an unknown number of people hostage at the Lindt Chocolat Cafe in Sydney's Martin Place.

Three people emerged from the building about 4:00pm (AEDT) and they were followed by another two an hour later.

Hostages were earlier seen pressing a black flag with Arabic text against the cafe's windows.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-15/sydney-siege-martin-place-lindt-cafe-hostages-remain-inside/5967340
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Re: Gunman Holding Hostages At Sydney Cafe
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2014, 04:23:07 PM »
Yep. Police everywhere. Still ongoing.

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Re: Gunman Holding Hostages At Sydney Cafe
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2014, 04:50:04 PM »
Yep. Police everywhere. Still ongoing.
I thought of you when I saw it was a cafe.  You seem to like cafes.  Good to know you are safe.
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Re: Gunman Holding Hostages At Sydney Cafe
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2014, 04:55:09 PM »
Abbot is playing Howard's games.
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Re: Gunman Holding Hostages At Sydney Cafe
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2014, 04:57:59 PM »
Abbot is playing Howard's games.
Omollo,

Can you elaborate?  I don't know Howard.
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Re: Gunman Holding Hostages At Sydney Cafe
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2014, 08:07:06 PM »
Termy, thanks. I used to work at Martin Place and yes I went to that chocolate shop.

It's 4am in the morning and there's a very loud alarm going off in my apartment complex. .

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Re: Gunman Holding Hostages At Sydney Cafe
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2014, 04:05:05 AM »
Termy, thanks. I used to work at Martin Place and yes I went to that chocolate shop.

It's 4am in the morning and there's a very loud alarm going off in my apartment complex. .

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Re: Gunman Holding Hostages At Sydney Cafe
« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2014, 04:20:23 PM »
Thanks Skaty. The alarm was triggered by some obvious psychopath in the apartment complex, he's been setting it off from the inside a couple times now. I got no sleep at all last night. Power napped for 10 minutes in the car though. I'm so exhausted. Who would've thought the holidays are more exhausting...

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Re: Gunman Holding Hostages At Sydney Cafe
« Reply #8 on: December 18, 2014, 04:14:09 PM »
Abbot is playing Howard's games.

How did I miss this? Absolutely.