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. Two people inside the cafe hold up a flag believed to contain an Islamic declaration of faith.
Sydney, Australia, Hostage Situation
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A injured hostage is wheeled to an ambulance after shots were fired during a cafe siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Dec. 16, 2014.
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Ernesto Vergne cầu nguyện tại một thập tự giá vinh danh bạn anh, Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, và các nạn nhân khác tại một đài tưởng niệm những người thiệt mạng trong vụ xả súng hàng loạt tại hộp đêm Pulse, thành phố Orlando, bang Florida, Mỹ.
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Hostages run towards armed tactical response police as they run to freedom from a cafe under siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Australia, Dec. 16, 2014.
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A 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.