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Anything out? food, electricity ongoing. is there any kind of informat n information? i know it s very hard to get. but anything like that you re hearing. actually the assistant police commissioner here, catherine burn, who heads up the sort of terrorism side i guess of the new south wales police 230rss, just in a press conference in the last few minutes actually and they said they will be there for as long as they need be. and you wouldn t expect any less of any police force anywhere in the world. not least of all the new south wales police force, which is incredibly professional and incredibly capable as well. they ll thereby as long as they need to be. we ve got lives on the line here. they re not going to be taking any shortcuts. they re not going to be trying to end this quickly, by sort of pushing the situation or anything like that. in terms of food and that sort of thing being passed into the cafe, i ve not actually seen any ....
Hours after this all this began, how many hostages remain inside. let s go to cnn s anna coren. she s been with us for many hours. she s standing out near just a block or so away from the scene. anna, anything new? reporter: no, natalie. we re just waiting for more information from police. at this stage this is as far as we can go. we re on mcquarry street. anybody who s been to the city here in sydney before would have aware this is a very busy street. we re about a block from that lindt cafe where the gunman is holding up several hostages. we don t know how many. we know as you ve reported that five have managed to get away. we don t know if they have escaped or if they were released. however, we do know that police negotiators are in touch with him. that is being confirmed. that dialogue ongoing. ....
Will go but we know how long it has gone. almost ten hours now since that gunman first walked into that coffee shop. that chocolate coffee shop. the lindt coffee shop there in martin place in sydney armed with at least some dined of shotgun and took everybody inside hostage. and in the past few hours we ve seen at least five people manage to escape. there s also been communication with the hostages inside by a number of media organizations. but the police rin sifting the area is secure and they ll wait him out. and of course it is now turning into night in sydney. all this happening in the very heart of the city. chris reason be a reporter with 7 news australia was at the scene for hours. his newsroom is across from the cafe. listen to how he can describe what he can see from his position. let s start with what we can see of the gunman. he has been clearly identifiable ....
We are living very much with the threat of terrorism on our doorstep. and miles, my understanding is one of the demands that the gunman has made is essentially he wants the world to know that australia is under attack by isis. and it seems that one of the reasons why police will not declare this a terrorist incident is because they don t want to give in to that demand. is that a fair reading? i think it is. and we re seeing right now at this very moment actually reports coming through that the hostages who are being held in this cafe have throughout the day been contacting a number of organizations, not to mention the national broadcaster. my understanding is they ve been ringing these organizations under the demands of the hostage taker and making a number of ....
That authorities have told them to keep away from the window. they were kept in their building for hours until police could get to them and get them out safely. but certainly now we know that five hostages have managed to get away from the cafe. still here on the ground we don t know if they escaped or if they were released. but certainly according to the police commissioner, the deputy police commissioner, catherine burn, she wants this resolved peacefully. and if this is going to go into the night, and now it s gone, 7:00 p.m. local time, then they are prepared to do that. they don t want there to be any bloodshed and any violence. so anna, you and i, both stranl australians, we ve both reported in australia. never before has there been anything like this on the australian mainland. we had the bali bombing in 2002. this is an unprecedented situation. how are people reacting to it? because it s been going on for a number of hours now. ....