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On 15 and 16 December 2014, there was a hostage crisis in
Sydney
,
New South Wales
,
Australia
. Seventeen people were taken hostage by a gunman at 9:44 a.m. in a
Lindt
chocolate cafe in
Martin Place
on 15 December.
[1]
The gunman has been identified as
Iranian
immigrant
Man Haron Monis.
[2]
He had a
criminal record
and supported
Islamic terrorism
. Five people, three workers and two customers, escaped after being held by Monis for several hours. Monis shot one hostage who died. Seventeen hours after the crisis started, the police raided the cafe at 2:44 a.m. on the morning of 16 December. The gunman died during when the police shot him in the head. Another hostage was killed by police bullet fragments. Four other people were injured.
[3]
There has been world-wide condemnation of the attack.
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