Police investigate deaths in Sydney cafe seige
Reuters
2014-12-16
Views 5
People lay flowers in Sydney to remember the victims killed in a downtown cafe siege.
The stand off ended when police stormed the building to free hostages being held at gunpoint, leaving three dead - including the gunman.
A 34 year old cafe manager and a 38 year old woman, who was a mother and a lawyer, were killed in a dramatic end to the 16-hour siege.
As Australia comes to terms with the events, police plan to launch an investigation into whether the two were killed by the gunman, or in police crossfire.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) NSW POLICE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER CATHERINE BURN SAYING:
"They are now working through interviewing everybody who was involved. There are a lot of people for them to interview and a lot of people are very tired at the moment. A lot of people are very emotional. We have to consider peoples' health and their welfare and their mental health at the moment so this will take time for us to gather all the information so we can piece togethe
The stand off ended when police stormed the building to free hostages being held at gunpoint, leaving three dead - including the gunman.
A 34 year old cafe manager and a 38 year old woman, who was a mother and a lawyer, were killed in a dramatic end to the 16-hour siege.
As Australia comes to terms with the events, police plan to launch an investigation into whether the two were killed by the gunman, or in police crossfire.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) NSW POLICE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER CATHERINE BURN SAYING:
"They are now working through interviewing everybody who was involved. There are a lot of people for them to interview and a lot of people are very tired at the moment. A lot of people are very emotional. We have to consider peoples' health and their welfare and their mental health at the moment so this will take time for us to gather all the information so we can piece togethe
Report form
