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[quote=News]AN ARMED man is holding several people hostage at a cafe in Martin Place in Sydney.
There are hostages standing with their hands up at all the windows in the popular Lindt chocolate shop, which has two or three entrances. There is also a black and white flag being held up in a window. It is believed to be the Black Standard, a jihadist flag.
Staff in shop aprons can be seen with their hands on the windows.
Police officers have guns drawn outside the cafe.
The chocolate shop is 30 or 40 metres from the Channel 7 offices so they have cameras trained on the building. The newsroom at Channel 7 have been evacuated.
Trains around the area have been stopped and roads are blocked.
Train passengers have been ordered off trains and back onto the streets in Kings Cross.
'This is chilling' said Kylie Gillies of the scene as she watched on with host Larry Emdur from the Channel 7 news studios.
Martin Place has been completely shut down during what is a busy time for Christmas shoppers and kids on school holidays.[/quote]
[url]http://www.news.com.au/national/a-ma...-1227156241649[/url]
The siege is over. The hostage taker is dead, along with 2 other hostages.
[QUOTE][B]Video Streams[/B]
Yahoo7 - [url]https://au.news.yahoo.com/video/watch/17174725/yahoo-7-live-sydney/[/url]
ABC News 24 - [url]http://www.abc.net.au/news/abcnews24/[/url]
ABC Mirror - [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvzpSvyyZis[/url]
BBC - [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/[/url]
Channel 9 - [url]http://www.9news.com.au/National/2014/12/15/10/00/Major-police-operation-in-Sydneys-Martin-Place[/url]
Sky News - [url]http://news.sky.com/watch-live[/url]
[B]Live blogs[/B]
ABC News - [url]http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-15/hostages-sydney-cafe-martin-place-police-operation/5967232[/url]
The Australian - [url]http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/martin-place-siege-sydney-cbd-cafe-workers-held-up/story-e6frg6nf-1227156254036?nk=dd7046d84db312d435edb66d2e2cb577[/url]
The Guardian - [url]http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2014/dec/15/sydney-siege-reports-of-hostage-situation-inside-martin-place-cafe-live[/url]
Channel 9 - [url]http://www.9news.com.au/National/2014/12/15/10/00/Major-police-operation-in-Sydneys-Martin-Place[/url]
[B]Scanner[/B]
Best online scanner stream would be this one, though note that police are all enrypted in Sydney: [url]http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/12349[/url][/QUOTE]
Location:
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Current status: Siege is over.
7 people had run out by the time police stormed the building.
The hostage taker was killed, but 2 hostages were killed by the hostage taker, along with 3 injured.
Police statement: [t]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B46q-ceCcAAAMRB.jpg[/t]
[B][U]NOTE: Do NOT post videos that further's the Hostage Taker's motives (i.e his demands/his actions.) This does nothing but help his cause.
If you find that the videos have been posted on youtube/facebook, report them for violent content, with the reason being 'Promotes Terrorism'.[/U][/B]
[QUOTE=proch;46717258][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/ujbuGIS.png[/IMG]
Just in case anyone wants to help.[/QUOTE]
Could also be a pirate flag. More news at 11.
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Live feed
[url]https://au.news.yahoo.com/video/watch/17174725/yahoo-7-live-sydney/[/url]
[QUOTE=Zenreon117;46713338]Could also be a pirate flag. More news at 11.[/QUOTE]
Most certainly isn't if you've seen the pictures.
[QUOTE=Zenreon117;46713338]Could also be a pirate flag. More news at 11.[/QUOTE]
Nobody flys a fucking pirate flag. Especially on fucking land in Australia.
[QUOTE=onebit;46713409]Don't they have snipers in Australia?[/QUOTE]
no they just throw kangaroos and their giant ass spiders at them
[sp]no but really I do hope they pick the guys head off with a big ole fuck you round from a sniper[/sp]
It turns out the flag is NOT an ISIS flag. It reads: "There is no god but Allah. Mohammad is the messenger of God."
It's the Shahadah flag. It's THIS flag without the sword.
[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/750px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png[/IMG]
"She could not tell if it was a handgun or a shotgun"
How do you have a hard time telling those apart? Unless it is some kindof performance sporting pistol I can't see how they would be confusing.
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Apparently the people inside are following coverage of the situation. As in, whoever is holding the people hostage is watching the news to see if anything happens.
What will it take for people to finally realise that Islam is the problem? NO other religion is as violent as this.
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New updates: 13 hostages.
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[QUOTE=Zenreon117;46713458]"She could not tell if it was a handgun or a shotgun"
How do you have a hard time telling those apart? Unless it is some kindof performance sporting pistol I can't see how they would be confusing.[/QUOTE]
Average folk don't know the difference between names of different types of weapons because they don't need to. At least here in Australia anyway, thanks to gun reforms.
[QUOTE=Brandy92;46713489]Christianity has had issues in the past.
Islam is experiencing a higher level of extremism currently.[/QUOTE]
This is the 21'st century. If Islam can't behave, then Islam needs to go.
Australias SASR's will take care of them I hear they are as good as the seals if not better
[QUOTE=antimonycat;46713502]This is the 21'st century. If Islam can't behave, then Islam needs to go.[/QUOTE]
So if the WBC aren't behaving (which means in your view Christianity), then Christianity should go too?
[QUOTE=Zenreon117;46713458]"She could not tell if it was a handgun or a shotgun"
How do you have a hard time telling those apart? Unless it is some kindof performance sporting pistol I can't see how they would be confusing.[/QUOTE]
jesus... are you being serious right now? its probably partially concealed...
Watching this live is interesting. They're only talking about what Has and Is happening, just facts
News here in the states, some flake of a woman would be talking to anyone she could get a hold of and asking them to 'speculate'. IE: Make shit up all day
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The ABC livestream has been un-geoblocked. Here it is:
[url]http://www.abc.net.au/news/abcnews24/[/url]
EDIT: I can't edit the main post due to the facepunch OP glitch.
[QUOTE]There is no confirmation yet that this is a terrorist attack.
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I might be mistaken but I think taking people hostage in the middle of Sydney while flying an Islamic flag could be considered terrorism.
[QUOTE=Svinnik;46713535]I might be mistaken but I think taking people hostage in the middle of Sydney while flying an Islamic flag could be considered terrorism.[/QUOTE]
Also apparently across the road from a news room? They want to be seen.
Martin Place right now:
[IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B42rhWTCYAA6UGs.jpg[/IMG]
Keep in mind that this is the centre of the Sydney CBD. For some idea of where it is:
[IMG]http://seeyounexttriptest2.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/fountain-from-matrix-2.jpg[/IMG]
This is in Martin Place. It should look familiar to all who watched [I]The Matrix.[/I]
[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;46713509]So if the WBC aren't behaving (which means in your view Christianity), then Christianity should go too?[/QUOTE]
Westboro haven't beheaded anyone in the name of Christianity as far as I'm aware of.
When Christians start murdering innocent people in the name of Jesus in places from France to Nigera, Russia, China, the whole of the middle east, then you may have a point.
But, feel free to continue to be a Dhimmi apologist if it suits you.
[QUOTE=FlandersNed;46713524]The ABC livestream has been un-geoblocked. Here it is:
[url]http://www.abc.net.au/news/abcnews24/[/url]
EDIT: I can't edit the main post due to the facepunch OP glitch.[/QUOTE]
These non-ASCII quote marks are what's causing it btw
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[QUOTE=Svinnik;46713535]I might be mistaken but I think taking people hostage in the middle of Sydney while flying an Islamic flag could be considered terrorism.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]In the international community, terrorism has no legally binding, criminal law definition.[1][2] Common definitions of terrorism refer only to those violent acts that are intended to create fear (terror); are perpetrated for a religious, political, or ideological goal; and deliberately target or disregard the safety of non-combatants (e.g., neutral military personnel or civilians).[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=TheTalon;46713519]Watching this live is interesting. They're only talking about what Has and Is happening, just facts
News here in the states, some flake of a woman would be talking to anyone she could get a hold of and asking them to 'speculate'. IE: Make shit up all day[/QUOTE]
The channel 7 breakfast cohost was trying to speculate pretty hard while venting about the police not giving her information. They brought in the actual news anchor to shut her up and give the facts.
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[QUOTE=Brandy92;46713562][/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]In the international community, terrorism has no legally binding, criminal law definition.[1][2] Common definitions of terrorism refer only to those [B]violent acts that are intended to create fear[/B] (terror); are perpetrated for a [B]religious, political, or ideological goal[/B]; and [B]deliberately target[/B] or disregard the safety of [B]non-combatants[/B] (e.g., neutral military personnel or [B]civilians)[/B].[/QUOTE]
It's terrorism.
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