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a spokesman says consulate personnel have been evacuated. all are accounted for. president obama has been briefed on the situation. it is unknown if any hostage is american. those who were allowed to leave running frantically for their lives once they made it out. cnn s anna coren joins us live from the scene. anna, you have been watching this. ten hours now. it is evening. this is so dramatic. what are the developments now? reporter: christine, as you have reported five of the hostages have managed to get out. we don t know if they escaped on their own or if they were allowed out. we know that police negotiators have been in contact with this gunman who walked into the lindt coffee shop at 10:00 this morning. it is now just 8:00 p.m. sydney local time. there are hundreds of police within the vicinity who have cordoned off the blocks around martin place. this is where the coffee shop is located. it is the heart of the cbd. the financial area. the bank of australia. the u.s.
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