ARMED men are holding up to 50 people hostage at a cafe in Martin Place in Sydney.

There are reports that two gunmen have taken hostages at the popular Lindt chocolate shop, which has several entrances. The situation has been ongoing since 10am Australia local time.

Some members of staff could be seen wearing their shop aprons and standing with their hands up at the windows. 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.

At a press conference this morning Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the government did not know whether the hostage situation was politically motivated.

“We don’t yet know the motivation of perpetrator, we don’t know whether it’s politically motivated although there are indications it could be,” he said.

“The whole point of politically motivated violence is to scare people... Australia is a peaceful, open and generous society and nothing should ever change that and that’s why I urge all Australians to today to go about their business as usual.”

Mr Abbott urged all Australians to go about their business as usual but if anyone noticed anything unusual they should call the National Security Hotline 1800 123 400. According to reports

News Source: http://www.egusiboard.com/hostage-taking-situation-in-sydney-australia/

White bh

I cannot believe this is happening and in Sydney CBD of all places

the australians are just as tough as americans.

Blakjewelry:
White bh

White BH? Dude I dont think you've ever heard the name ISIS, the havoc these are causing in Syria and Iraq humongous, ISIS make boko haram, al shebab, al Qaeda Al Nusra etc look like a childs play

NighttWalker:
White BH? Dude I dont think you've ever heard the name ISIS, the havoc these are causing in Syria and Iraq humongous, ISIS make book haram, all shebab, all Qaeda Al Nusra etc look like a childs play

Yeah they all same same believe system "fighting for Allah" maybe be they don't trust him anymore concerning the judgment day plan, and think bh is worst than the others just that foreign media choose not to give it much attention.

Blakjewelry:

Yeah they all same same believe system "fighting for Allah" maybe be they don't trust him anymore concerning the judgment day plan, and think bh is worst than the others just that foreign media choose not to give it much attention.

BH is far behind Al Nusra and ISIS like ISIS has Abrams tank, once stolen from Iraqi army, they even have GPS guided hotwizers. Thanks to US let coalition airstrikes that has destroyed of some of their terrorist hardwares.

NighttWalker:
BH is far behind Al Nusra and ISIS like ISIS has Abrams tank, once stolen from Iraqi army, they even have GPS guided hotwizers. Thanks to US let coalition airstrikes that has destroyed of some of their terrorist hardwares.

Give bh access to such weapons and see all hell break loose

Its easy, send in a nerve gas to put all occupants to sleep and then seperate the jihadists from normal people, then execute them. Its not everything that should be news.

diluminati:
Its easy, send in a nerve gas to put all occupants to sleep and then seperate the jihadists from normal people, then execute them. Its not everything that should be news.

LOL, nerve gas means permanent damage or death both terrorist and hostages alike

5 more released,

source: http://www.egusiboard.com/latest-hostage-taking-situation-in-sydney-australia/

More has been revealed about the man who commited the hostage act as a Sheikh

Police stormed a cafe in central Sydney early Tuesday where a gunman held more than a dozen hostages for more than 16 hours, in a blaze of gunfire.

A scene of pandemonium erupted in the early morning just minutes after hostages started emerging from the cafe on their own or in small groups.

The dramatic end stage of the siege came as the gunman holding the remaining captives was revealed as a self-proclaimed Islamic cleric Man Haron Monis

Monis is a 49-year-old man living in southwest Sydney, but is originally from Iran and a self-proclaimed sheik, and also sent hate mail to the families of Australian dead soldiers between 2007 and 2009, according to The Daily Telegraph.

The seige in the Lindt cafe in Martin Place on Monday follows an unsuccessful attempt to have these charges overturned in the High Court on Friday, The Age reported.

Monis received 300 community service hours and a two-year good behaviour bond for the correspondence, which he claims were his version of sympathy cards, sent with the help from his girlfriend Amirah Droudis.

Arriving as a refugee in Australia in 1996, the hostage-taker was charged as an accessory to the murder of his ex-wife – who was allegedly stabbed and set on fire on a flight of stairs in her western Sydney apartment block in November 2013.

The man’s current partner was charged with murder but they both received bail as the case was deemed too weak


source: http://www.ezeuzoma.com/2014/12/15/revealed-gunman-who-had-hostage-takers-in-sydney-is-known-iranian-sheik/

These people mehn...it don't matter the location, they are menace to the society. *sighs*