Five hostages have managed to escape and as you inferred, it would appear they did, indeed, get away because that gunman is so agitated as reported by one of the local reporters who could see him visibly upset. We are about a block from where this is aun all unfolding. We understand the lights within this cafe have been turned you a. We dont know if that is a Police Operation or the gunman, but lets recap on whats happened today. Sydney under siege, anb unidentified gunman holding at least a dozen hostages inside this cafe in sydney, australia. The gunman, who reportedly calls him the brother, has contacted three local news outlets, making demands, one, an isis flag in exchange for one hostage. Two, a call to the Prime Minister. He claims he planted two bombs in the cafe, two others in the city t. Cafe is in the center of the citys bustling Business District. Hundreds of Police Officers are shouth down the outed area. Our only goal tonight and for as longs as it taxi is to get those pe
to media, which is a flack of isis and a phone call with the prime minister tony abomb. he has been critical of the media towards isis. we have anna coren on the ground in sydney, anna, start where what we know about this. give us context how sydney, australia, is not the place we would think about this. interestingly enough, there was threats made, police dismissing this particular armed gunman, certainly, sydney is a tourist destination. it s where the skaef a financial hub, a business hub, so i mean this gunman who has been taken, a site that is really a key