Police cordoned off one of Sydney’s main business districts on Monday morning following reports that a gunman waving an Islamic flag was holding customers and staff hostage in a café.
Live television pictures broadcast by Australia’s Seven Network showed a staff member and a customer in the Lindt café with their hands pressed against the window and a black flag with Arabic writing being waved in the background.
“There is a police operation under way at Martin Place and we are asking people to avoid the area,” said the New South Wales police.
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