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Open Image ModalA female hostage stands by the front entrance of the cafe as she turns the lights off in the Sydney central business district on December 15, 2014. Five people ran out of a Sydney cafe where a gunman has taken hostages and displayed an Islamic flag against the window, witnesses and police said on December 15, adding that no one has yet been harmed. (credit:WILLIAM WEST via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA female hostage stands by the front entrance of the cafe as she turns the lights off in the Sydney central business district on December 15, 2014. Five people ran out of a Sydney cafe where a gunman has taken hostages and displayed an Islamic flag against the window, witnesses and police said on December 15, adding that no one has yet been harmed. (credit:WILLIAM WEST via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalArmed tactical response police personnel stand watch into the evening near a cafe under siege by a gunman at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Australia, Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. As the drama dragged into its 10th hour, police Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn said negotiators were talking with the gunman. Officials had no information to suggest anyone had been harmed, although a hospital said it was treating a man in satisfactory condition. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Police Hostage Situation Developing In Sydney(04 of47)
Open Image ModalSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: A hostage runs to safety outside the Lindt Cafe, Martin Place on December 15, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Police attend a hostage situation at Lindt Cafe in Martin Place. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Metcalfe via Getty Images)
Police Hostage Situation Developing In Sydney(05 of47)
Open Image ModalSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: An armed policeman is seen in Phillip St on December 15, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Police attend a hostage situation at Lindt Cafe in Martin Place. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Metcalfe via Getty Images)
Police Hostage Situation Developing In Sydney(06 of47)
Open Image ModalSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: Two hostages run to safety outside the Lindt Cafe, Martin Place on December 15, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Police attend a hostage situation at Lindt Cafe in Martin Place. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Metcalfe via Getty Images)
Police Hostage Situation Developing In Sydney(07 of47)
Open Image ModalSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: Two hostages run to safety outside the Lindt Cafe, Martin Place on December 15, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Police attend a hostage situation at Lindt Cafe in Martin Place. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Metcalfe via Getty Images)
Police Hostage Situation Developing In Sydney(08 of47)
Open Image ModalSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: Armed police are seen outside the Lindt Cafe, Martin Place on December 15, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Police attend a hostage situation at Lindt Cafe in Martin Place. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Metcalfe via Getty Images)
Police Hostage Situation Developing In Sydney(09 of47)
Open Image ModalSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: A hostage runs to safety outside the Lindt Cafe, Martin Place on December 15, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Police attend a hostage situation at Lindt Cafe in Martin Place. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Metcalfe via Getty Images)
Police Hostage Situation Developing In Sydney(10 of47)
Open Image ModalSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: Armed police are seen outside the Lindt Cafe, Martin Place on December 15, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Police attend a hostage situation at Lindt Cafe in Martin Place. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Metcalfe via Getty Images)
Police Hostage Situation Developing In Sydney(11 of47)
Open Image ModalSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: A hostage runs to safety outside the Lindt Cafe, Martin Place on December 15, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Police attend a hostage situation at Lindt Cafe in Martin Place. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Metcalfe via Getty Images)
Police Hostage Situation Developing In Sydney(12 of47)
Open Image ModalSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: Two hostages run to safety outside the Lindt Cafe, Martin Place on December 15, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Police attend a hostage situation at Lindt Cafe in Martin Place. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Metcalfe via Getty Images)
APTOPIX Australia Police Operation(13 of47)
Open Image ModalA police runs along a street close to a cafe under siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Australia, Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. New South Wales state police would not say what was happening inside the cafe or whether hostages were being held. But television footage shot through the cafe\'s windows showed several people with their arms in the air and hands pressed against the glass. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Australia Police Operation(14 of47)
Open Image ModalAn armed police officer runs along the street close to a cafe under siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Australia, Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. A hostage situation erupted inside a chocolate shop and cafe in Australia\'s largest city on Monday, with the nation\'s prime minister saying it may be \"politically motivated.\" Television footage shot through the cafe\'s windows showed several people with their arms in the air and hands pressed against the glass, and two people holding up what appeared to be a black flag with white Arabic writing on it. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Australia Police Operation(15 of47)
Open Image ModalAn armed tactical response police officer grabs a hostage as she flees from a cafe under siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Australia, Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. New South Wales state police would not say what was happening inside the cafe or whether hostages were being held. But television footage shot through the cafe\'s windows showed several people with their arms in the air. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Australia Police Operation(16 of47)
Open Image ModalA hostage fleeing from a cafe under siege runs towards an armed tactical response police officer at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Australia, Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. New South Wales state police would not say what was happening inside the cafe or whether hostages were being held. But television footage shot through the cafe\'s windows showed several people with their arms in the air. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
APTOPIX Australia Police Operation(17 of47)
Open Image ModalA hostage runs to armed tactical response police officers for safety after she escaped from a cafe under siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Australia, Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. New South Wales state police would not say what was happening inside the cafe or whether hostages were being held. But television footage shot through the cafe\'s windows showed several people with their arms in the air. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
AUSTRALIA-SIEGE-CONFLICT(18 of47)
Open Image ModalOne of the hostages runs towards police from a cafe in the central business district of Sydney on December 15, 2014. Five people ran out of a Sydney cafe where a gunman has taken hostages and displayed an Islamic flag against the window, witnesses and police said December 15, adding that no one has yet been harmed. AFP PHOTO / SAEED KHAN (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAEED KHAN via Getty Images)
AUSTRALIA-SIEGE-CONFLICT(19 of47)
Open Image ModalOne of the hostages runs towards police from a cafe in the central business district of Sydney on December 15, 2014. Five people ran out of a Sydney cafe where a gunman has taken hostages and displayed an Islamic flag against the window, witnesses and police said December 15, adding that no one has yet been harmed. AFP PHOTO / SAEED KHAN (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAEED KHAN via Getty Images)
AUSTRALIA-SIEGE-CONFLICT(20 of47)
Open Image ModalOne of the hostages runs towards police from a cafe in the central business district of Sydney on December 15, 2014. Five people ran out of a Sydney cafe where a gunman has taken hostages and displayed an Islamic flag against the window, witnesses and police said December 15, adding that no one has yet been harmed. AFP PHOTO / SAEED KHAN (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAEED KHAN via Getty Images)
AUSTRALIA-SIEGE-CONFLICT(21 of47)
Open Image ModalOne of the hostages runs towards police from a cafe in the central business district of Sydney on December 15, 2014. Five people ran out of a Sydney cafe where a gunman has taken hostages and displayed an Islamic flag against the window, witnesses and police said December 15, adding that no one has yet been harmed. AFP PHOTO / SAEED KHAN (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAEED KHAN via Getty Images)
AUSTRALIA-SIEGE-CONFLICT(22 of47)
Open Image ModalOne of the hostages runs towards police from a cafe in the central business district of Sydney on December 15, 2014. Five people ran out of a Sydney cafe where a gunman has taken hostages and displayed an Islamic flag against the window, witnesses and police said December 15, adding that no one has yet been harmed. AFP PHOTO / SAEED KHAN (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAEED KHAN via Getty Images)
AUSTRALIA-SIEGE-CONFLICT-HOSTAGES(23 of47)
Open Image ModalPolice walk through Martin Place as spectators look on during a hostage siege in the central business district of Sydney on December 15, 2014. Five people ran out of a Sydney cafe where a gunman has taken hostages and displayed an Islamic flag against the window, witnesses and police said on December 15, adding that no one has yet been harmed. AFP PHOTO/William WEST (Photo credit should read WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:WILLIAM WEST via Getty Images)
AUSTRALIA-SIEGE-CONFLICT-HOSTAGES(24 of47)
Open Image ModalA police sniper team walk to their vehicle during a hostage siege in the central business district of Sydney on December 15, 2014. Five people ran out of a Sydney cafe where a gunman has taken hostages and displayed an Islamic flag against the window, witnesses and police said on December 15, adding that no one has yet been harmed. AFP PHOTO/William WEST (Photo credit should read WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:WILLIAM WEST via Getty Images)
AUSTRALIA-SIEGE-CONFLICT-HOSTAGES(25 of47)
Open Image ModalA police sniper walks to his vehicle during a hostage siege in the central business district of Sydney on December 15, 2014. Five people ran out of a Sydney cafe where a gunman has taken hostages and displayed an Islamic flag against the window, witnesses and police said on December 15, adding that no one has yet been harmed. AFP PHOTO/William WEST (Photo credit should read WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:WILLIAM WEST via Getty Images)
AUSTRALIA-SIEGE-CONFLICT-HOSTAGES(26 of47)
Open Image ModalA police sniper walks to his vehicle during a hostage siege in the central business district of Sydney on December 15, 2014. Five people ran out of a Sydney cafe where a gunman has taken hostages and displayed an Islamic flag against the window, witnesses and police said on December 15, adding that no one has yet been harmed. AFP PHOTO/William WEST (Photo credit should read WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:WILLIAM WEST via Getty Images)
AUSTRALIA-SIEGE-HOSTAGE(27 of47)
Open Image ModalPolice gesture as a hostage (unseen) escapes from an emergency exit during a hostage siege in the central business district of Sydney on December 15, 2014. Hostages were being held inside the cafe with a siege underway and an Islamic flag held up to a window, witnesses and reports said. AFP PHOTO/William WEST (Photo credit should read WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:WILLIAM WEST via Getty Images)
AUSTRALIA-SIEGE-HOSTAGE(28 of47)
Open Image ModalTwo hostages (L) run for cover behind a policeman (R) during a hostage siege in the central business district of Sydney on December 15, 2014. Hostages were being held inside the cafe with a siege underway and an Islamic flag held up to a window, witnesses and reports said. AFP PHOTO/William WEST (Photo credit should read WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:WILLIAM WEST via Getty Images)
AUSTRALIA-SIEGE-CONFLICT(29 of47)
Open Image ModalTwo hostages (L) run for cover behind a policeman (R) during a hostage siege in the central business district of Sydney on December 15, 2014. Three people ran out of a Sydney cafe where a gunman has taken hostages and displayed an Islamic flag against the window, police said December 15, adding that no one has yet been harmed. AFP PHOTO/William WEST (Photo credit should read WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:WILLIAM WEST via Getty Images)
Police Hostage Situation Developing In Sydney(30 of47)
Open Image ModalSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: A hostage is seen outside the Lindt Cafe, Martin Place on December 15, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Police attend a hostage situation at Lindt Cafe in Martin Place. (Photo by Don Arnold/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Metcalfe via Getty Images)
Police Hostage Situation Developing In Sydney(31 of47)
Open Image ModalSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: Two hostages run to safety outside the Lindt Cafe, Martin Place on December 15, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Police attend a hostage situation at Lindt Cafe in Martin Place. (Photo by Don Arnold/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Metcalfe via Getty Images)
Police Hostage Situation Developing In Sydney(32 of47)
Open Image ModalSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: Two hostages run to safety outside the Lindt Cafe, Martin Place on December 15, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Police attend a hostage situation at Lindt Cafe in Martin Place. (Photo by Don Arnold/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Metcalfe via Getty Images)
Australia Police Operation(33 of47)
Open Image ModalArmed police officers point as they stand at the ready close to a cafe under siege at Martin Place in Sydney, Australia, Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. A gunman took an unknown number of people hostage inside a downtown Sydney chocolate shop and cafe at the height of Monday morning rush hour, with two people inside the cafe seen holding up a flag believed to contain an Islamic declaration of faith. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Australia Police Operation(34 of47)
Open Image ModalPolice evacuate people from an office building close to a cafe under siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Australia, Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. A gunman took an unknown number of people hostage inside a chocolate shop and cafe in Australia\'s largest city on Monday, with two people inside the cafe seen holding up a flag believed to contain an Islamic declaration of faith. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Australia Police Operation(35 of47)
Open Image ModalThis image taken from video shows people holding up what appeared to be a black flag with white Arabic writing on it, inside a cafe in Sydney, Australia Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. A gunman took an unknown number of people hostage inside the downtown Sydney chocolate shop and cafe at the height of Monday morning rush hour, with two people inside the cafe seen holding up a flag believed to contain an Islamic declaration of faith. (AP Photo/Channel 7 via AP Video) AUSTRALIA OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
APTOPIX Australia Police Operation(36 of47)
Open Image ModalThis image taken from video shows people holding up hands inside a cafe in Sydney, Australia Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. A gunman took an unknown number of people hostage inside the downtown Sydney chocolate shop and cafe at the height of Monday morning rush hour, with two people inside the cafe seen holding up a flag believed to contain an Islamic declaration of faith. (AP Photo/Channel 7 via AP Video) AUSTRALIA OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Australia Police Operation(37 of47)
Open Image ModalPolice evacuate people from an office building close to a cafe under siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Australia, Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. A gunman took an unknown number of people hostage inside a chocolate shop and cafe in Australia\'s largest city on Monday, with two people inside the cafe seen holding up a flag believed to contain an Islamic declaration of faith. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Australia Police Operation(38 of47)
Open Image ModalArmed police stand at the ready close to a cafe under siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Australia, Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. A hostage situation erupted inside a chocolate shop and cafe in Australia\'s largest city on Monday, with the nation\'s prime minister saying it may be \"politically motivated.\" Television footage shot through the cafe\'s windows showed several people with their arms in the air and hands pressed against the glass, and two people holding up what appeared to be a black flag with white Arabic writing on it. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Australia Police Operation(39 of47)
Open Image ModalThis image taken from video shows a man believed to be a gunman inside a cafe in Sydney, Australia Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. An apparent hostage situation was unfolding inside the chocolate shop and cafe in Australia\'s largest city on Monday, where several people could be seen through a window with their hands held in the air. (AP Photo/Channel 7 via AP Video) AUSTRALIA OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Australia Police Operation(40 of47)
Open Image ModalThis image taken from video shows people against shop windows holding up hands inside a cafe in Sydney, Australia Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. An apparent hostage situation was unfolding inside the chocolate shop and cafe in Australia\'s largest city on Monday, where several people could be seen through a window with their hands held in the air. (AP Photo/Channel 7 via AP Video) AUSTRALIA OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
APTOPIX Australia Police Operation(41 of47)
Open Image ModalThis image taken from video shows people holding up what appeared to be a black flag with white Arabic writing on it, inside a cafe in Sydney, Australia Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. An apparent hostage situation was unfolding inside the chocolate shop and cafe in Australia\'s largest city on Monday, where several people could be seen through a window with their hands held in the air. (AP Photo/Channel 7 via AP Video) AUSTRALIA OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
NSW Police Hold A Press Conference In Relation To Sydney Hostage Incident(42 of47)
Open Image ModalSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: Catherine Burn, Deputy Commissioner of the Specialist Operations speaks to the media in relation to the Sydney hostage incident at Sydney Police Centre on December 15, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Major landmarks in Sydney, including the Sydeny Opera House, have been evacuated as police respond to a hostage situation inside a Martin Place cafe. An armed man believed to be an Islamic terrorist is holding multiple people hostage at Lindt Chocolate Café. (Photo by Joosep Martinson/Getty Images) (credit:Joosep Martinson via Getty Images)
NSW Police Hold A Press Conference In Relation To Sydney Hostage Incident(43 of47)
Open Image ModalSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: Catherine Burn, Deputy Commissioner of the Specialist Operations speaks to the media in relation to the Sydney hostage incident at Sydney Police Centre on December 15, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Major landmarks in Sydney, including the Sydeny Opera House, have been evacuated as police respond to a hostage situation inside a Martin Place cafe. An armed man believed to be an Islamic terrorist is holding multiple people hostage at Lindt Chocolate Café. (Photo by Joosep Martinson/Getty Images) (credit:Joosep Martinson via Getty Images)
NSW Police Hold A Press Conference In Relation To Sydney Hostage Incident(44 of47)
Open Image ModalSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: Catherine Burn, Deputy Commissioner of the Specialist Operations speaks to the media in relation to the Sydney hostage incident at Sydney Police Centre on December 15, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Major landmarks in Sydney, including the Sydeny Opera House, have been evacuated as police respond to a hostage situation inside a Martin Place cafe. An armed man believed to be an Islamic terrorist is holding multiple people hostage at Lindt Chocolate Café. (Photo by Joosep Martinson/Getty Images) (credit:Joosep Martinson via Getty Images)
NSW Police Hold A Press Conference In Relation To Sydney Hostage Incident(45 of47)
Open Image ModalSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: Catherine Burn, Deputy Commissioner of the Specialist Operations speaks to the media in relation to the Sydney hostage incident at Sydney Police Centre on December 15, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Major landmarks in Sydney, including the Sydeny Opera House, have been evacuated as police respond to a hostage situation inside a Martin Place cafe. An armed man believed to be an Islamic terrorist is holding multiple people hostage at Lindt Chocolate Café. (Photo by Joosep Martinson/Getty Images) (credit:Joosep Martinson via Getty Images)
Police Hostage Situation Developing In Sydney(46 of47)
Open Image ModalSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: (AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND OUT) Police snipers enter Martin Place, Syndey, where the Lindt Chocolate Café is under siege, on December 15, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Major landmarks in Sydney, including the Sydeny Opera House, have been evacuated as police respond to a hostage situation inside a Martin Place cafe. An armed man believed to be an Islamic terrorist is holding multiple people hostage at Lindt Chocolate Café. (Photo by Steven Siewert/Fairfax Media via Getty Images) (credit:Fairfax Media via Getty Images)
Police Hostage Situation Developing In Sydney(47 of47)
Open Image ModalSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: A tv presenter does a live cross from Phillip St on December 15, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Police attend a hostage situation at Lindt Cafe in Martin Place. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Metcalfe via Getty Images)