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Up in the window. he's making demands. he's asking for an isis flag as well as for a meeting with the prime minister. we know a certain area of the building complex has a much larger amount of authorities highly trained law enforcement officials as well as ambulances nearby potentially a sign that that may be an entry point they want to close in on. they're not releasing his name. we know he has a past. we know they know who he and he may be linked to other extremists activities. across the street, 7 news sidney has become the touch point for all information coming out of there. reporter chris...

Saying something about stay still, get down, don't move. and you could see the fear and aggression on his face at that point. very tense moment. and then the next time we see him is through the night as he comes in and out of the shot. we saw him with his gun waving it around. at one point, holding an ipad and we could see his face reflected in the glow of that ipad and the deep dark nest just over my shoulder in the early hours. >> chris reason, one of the correspondents, an eyewitness, very excellent report for us. good detail. thank you very much, chris, for that report. we really appreciat...

Here. within seconds, squads of tactical response group officers, armed to the teeth, wearing black, night vision goggles on, in through both doors, flash bang weapons happening, a series of sharp explosions. some gunfire exchanged and within those two minutes, bang, the gunman was killed, dead on the floor and we saw the removal of the hostages very quickly onto hospital gurneys, down to waiting ambulances where they were given treatment. two unfortunately, as you have reported, passed away. >> very unfortunately indeed. so chris, describe the hostage taker, this man, his name is man haron mo...

Political district of this capital. just to one side of it is a reserve bank of australia. opposite are two of the biggest four banks of the country and opposite is our studios and on top of our studios are the state government offices. the premier and their government workers and down the block is the second most important war memorial in this city, second most important in the country where we do all of our war memorial activities, et cetera. it's a critical geography involved here. this is the it section of some of our biggest institutions in the city. it just happens that this cafe is righ...