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Originally Posted by Apollo
Thanks for your support guys. This has really distressed everyone. I work in a large trauma hospital in the outer suburbs of Sydney and the CEO has sent around an email offering counselling to all staff even though we weren't involved in treating the injured.
A couple of things about this guy- He was out on bail for being an alleged accessory to the murder of his ex-wife. Also accusations of violence and sexual assault. Lots of archival footage of him ranting and raving giving speeches to who knows who. He is/was Iranian and took on the appearance of an Aytollah in his garb.
At the culmination of the siege, he apparently started to nod off. The manager of the Lindt cafe took this opportunity to try an wrestle the gun from him. He was tragically killed in the ensuing scuffle,but this allowed the rest of the hostages to take flight. As they(10 or 11 of them) were running out one more woman was killed and some others( not seriously) were injured.
There were no bombs found. Due to the design of the cafe, it was very difficult to see in and determine if he was acting alone- so they had to wait.
Very very shocking for Sydney- I know it sounds cliched, but Sydney, in relative terms, is a very safe city despite being very multi-cultural
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Thanks Apollo for the info. I appreciate it.
Guy