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injured at the moment. we ve been working through negotiations to try to make sure that the people inside are cared for, but that they have what they need to so they don t become ill or injured. we ll continue to do that. andrew thomas joins me live from sydney. any update to the situation there, andrew? reporter: in the last 45 minutes three people have emerged from the cafe, they ve either escaped or released, we re not sure. but the police confirmed that three people have got out of that cafe. but what still is not clear is how many more hostages remain inside the cafe or, indeed, how many hostage takers there might be if there is more than one. we do know there is one armed man inside that cafe. the police would not confirm whether there were any more at all inside. the whole of the area has been locked down. macquarie street, martin place 200 meters to the left up there. this road is normally a busy thoroughfare. but now it s completely closed off by the police ....
a number of hostages in a popular café. bureau,our bloomberg paul allen is covering events for us. what more do we know? there have been a few developments since last we spoke. the police have pushed their street,ack to hunter the block our building is on. you can see the high shot taken out of the window of our building. building, you can see, is not a café. the café it self is about a further 100 meters up the road to the left. this is right across the street from the reserve bank of australia and directly across the plaza from channel 7, which has also been evacuated. hourer development at this is the number of people inside the building. we have been saying it is believed to be up to 20. we have since spoken to the ceo of lindt australia and he said there were 10 working at the time and could be up to 30 customers. there could be up to 40, but that has not been confirmed by the police or any other agency. we have seen pictures of people with their hands up agai ....
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