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Man Haron Monis - also known as Sheik Haron - has been named as the gunman holding up to 15 people hostage in a Sydney café 2
SYDNEY SIEGE TIMELINE 9.45am - A number of hostages held inside a cafe in Sydney's Martin Place with an Islamic flag pressed up against a window.10.14am - Police establish a 150m exclusion zone around the cafe with specialist police outside the shop.10.55am - The flag being displayed appears to be the Shahada flag which has been adopted by extremist groups such as the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front.11.40am - Channel Seven air footage of alleged armed offender. He is middle aged with a salt and pepper beard, wearing a headband with Islamic writing.11.51am - NSW Police try to make contact with the people inside the cafe. They advise workers who are trapped in buildings inside the police cordon to stay away from windows.1.30pm - NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione says they had moved to a 'footing' similar to dealing with a terrorist attack.1.55pm - NSW Premier Mike Baird says Sydney is being tested today, but 'we will remain a democratic society'2.45pm - Lindt Chocolat Cafe Australia thank the public for their support via Facebook, saying they are 'deeply concerned over this serious incident'3.37pm - Three male hostages run out of the cafe.3.50pm - NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn confirms negotiators have spoken with a gunman.5.00pm - Two female Lindt workers leave the cafe.
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As night fell, the lights went out in the cafe and witnesses described food being brought out from the cafe kitchen for the remaining hostages 62
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12/18/2014 王文堯 Kaohsiung Taiwan R.O.C
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