Man takes hostages in a Sydney cafe

[AkydefGoldberg]

Frightening stuff for all those involved - hope they call escape to safety. The media seem more obsessed with identifying what flag he's put on the window but have to say, an Aussie has set up a hashtag of #illridewithyou promoting anti-Islamophobia and tbh, it's incredibly refreshing and heart-warming.

[SlightlyJames]

Link to an article on the situation.

Damn man, this is a scary situation. Apparently this guy is known to the police, they haven't said what he wants though he has apparently contacted them with a list of demands.

[Chewy]

Two hostages and the gun man dead.

[AkydefGoldberg]

Two hostages and the gun man dead.

Apparently, one of them tried to get the gun out of the nutter's hand and the other died protecting a pregnant woman.

Questions will be asked of what was known about this guy, and what information they had on him.

[PorkChop]

This is absolutely terrible.

[Twister]

Shocking and terrifying for those involved (not to mention their loved ones). There are no other words for it really.

[prophet]

My brother lives in Sydney, so it was pretty scary to wake-up to this news the other day. Such an awful situation - the world is becoming more and more fucked up each day.