Australia paralyzing downtown sydney. Several terrified captives managed to escape in two waves, running to the safety of waiting Police Officers. You can see the terrified looks right there on their faces. The hostages were taken by a gunman early this morning in the busy district of australias biggest city. Its not far from the opera house where tonights performances are canceled. We get more from abcs gloria riviera. Reporter these pictures. A hostage situation in a shop in the busy Business District of australias capital city. I heard some witnesses say that they went to go in and saw a man with a sawed off shotgun. Reporter heavily armed police in s. W. A. T. Gear surrounding the area, closing down busy streets and evacuating nearby buildings. We dont yet know the motivation of the perpetrator. We dont yet know whether these are politically motivated, although there are some indications it could be. Reporter australian tv airing this image of people inside holding a black flag wit
Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning. Im reena ninan. Hello. Im t. J. Holmes. A gunman took the hostages at a popular cafe not far from the famed opera house during the middle of monday morning traffic. They ran into the arms of police. Australian Police Believe this man seen moving around behind glass and apparently acting alone is holding several people hostage inside a cafe in the Central Business district of sydney. This is a very disturbing incident. We have an armed offender in premises holding an undisclosed number of hostages. Reporter the man forced hostages to raise their arms against the cafe windows and hold up several islamic flags. The flag is not specific to any terror organization. Even though it has been used by jihadist groups. We dont yet know the motivation of the perpetrator. Reporter the takeover of the lindt cafe monday morning spread terror through downtown sydney normally packed with Office Workers and tourists. A woman just shouted out
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