BREAKING NEWS: Two Reportedly Dead, 'Including Gunman', As Police Open Fire And Storm Sydney Cafe With Stun Grenades As Hostages Flee In Terror -- Daily Mail
* Police stormed the cafe in central Sydney where a gunman held hostages for more than 16 hours
* Police moved in firing automatic weapons and throwing grenades as hostages were seen fleeing in terror from cafe
* Live TV footage showed hostages running frantically from the cafe at shortly after 2am in small groups
* It came hours after Man Haron Monis was named as the gunman holding people hostage in a Sydney café
* Iranian refugee, 49, was charged with accessory in the murder of his ex-wife
* He was also facing multiple charges of sexual assault while claiming to be a 'spiritual healer'
* Monis received 300 community service hours for sending hate mail to the families of Australian dead soldiers
* The seige follows an unsuccessful attempt to have these charges overturned in the High Court on Friday
* He forced hostages to hold up black flag with white writing in Arabic, an emblem linked to terror groups
The gunman who held hostage at least a dozen people for up to 17 hours, is one of two reportedly killed in a dramatic shoot-out at a Sydney cafe during the early hours of Tuesday which abruptly ended the seige.
Police fired automatic weapons and lobbed stun grenades before storming the Lindt cafe in Martin Place in the heart of the city's central business district.
There were that at least three others were injured, but this could not immediately be confirmed.
Live television coverage showed at least two people being taken away from the scene on stretchers. One hostage was seen being carried out of the building. She appeared to be in pain, and blood flowed down her legs.
Nine News reported that eleven hostages had been accounted for after the police raid, which occurred shortly after 2am.
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More News On The Australian Sydney Cafe Hostage Crisis
Live: Hostage crisis at Sydney café is over, police say -- France 24
Sydney siege is over, say police, as hostages flee the scene – live -- The Guardian
'Two dead' as Sydney cafe siege ends in shootout: Live -- The Telegraph
Sydney cafe siege updates: Updates -- BBC
Sydney cafe siege ends in early hours -- Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney hostage siege ends after police storm cafe, reports say two dead -- Reuters
Police end Sydney hostage siege after 16 hours -- AP
Australia commandos end Sydney cafe siege -- BBC
Reports: Two dead in fiery end to Sydney siege -- USA Today
Sydney Hostage Crisis Over After Police Storm Cafe With Stun Grenades -- ABC News
Sydney Cafe Siege: Standoff Over -- WSJ
Police storm cafe in Sydney to end hostage standoff -- Washington Post
Sydney Siege Ends With Two, Including Gunman, Reported Dead -- Bloomberg
Sydney Police Storm Cafe, End Standoff -- VOA
Sydney siege ends as police raid cafe -- CNN
Hostage crisis ends in Sydney as armed police storm cafe -- CSM
Police storm Sydney cafe to free hostages -- Al Jazeera
Revealed: Gunman holding nine hostages in Sydney cafe is a self-styled Iranian sheik on bail for ex-wife's murder and compared dead war heroes to Nazis in letters to their families -- Daily Mail
Martin Place, Sydney siege gunman identified as Man Haron Monis -- Sydney Morning Herald
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