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The Lindt siege: our lives are in the best of hands

18 August 2016

2:04 PM

18 August 2016

2:04 PM

In early December, Sydneysiders and Australians in general will remember the second anniversary of the deadly Lindt chocolate café siege. After a sixteen-hour stand-off, one of the eighteen hostages inside was killed by the Islamist fanatic and ISIS supporter Man Haron Monis, another died from a ricocheting police bullet, Monis himself was dead, several people were left injured and the rest of the country was left to ponder and recriminate about the authorities’ handling of the situation, which continues to this day, as the official inquest rolls on.

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