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Terrified Hostages Flee Siege at Sydney's Lindt Cafe

Five people managed to flee a chocolate shop where a suspected Islamist gunman was holding an unknown number of hostages.
Two hostages run for cover behind a policeman during a hostage siege in the central business district of Sydney on December 15, 2014. Three people ran out of a Sydney cafe where a gunman has taken hostages and displayed an Islamic flag against the window, police said December 15, adding that no one has yet been harmed.
Two hostages run for cover behind a policeman during a hostage siege in the central business district of Sydney on December 15, 2014. Three people ran out of a Sydney cafe where a gunman has taken hostages and displayed an Islamic flag against the window, police said December 15, adding that no one has yet been harmed. WILLIAM WEST / AFP - Getty Images