Hostage in Sydney siege 'killed by police bullet ricochet'


  • World
  • Thursday, 29 Jan 2015

Photographs of Sydney's cafe siege victims, lawyer Katrina Dawson (L) and cafe manager Tori Johnson are displayed in a floral tribute near the site of the siege in Sydney's Martin Place, December 23, 2014. REUTERS/Jason Reed

(This version of the story corrects the number of shots in paragraph six.)

SYDNEY (Reuters) - One of the hostages held during a siege at an Australian cafe last month was killed by a ricochet of at least one police bullet that also injured three other hostages, an inquest into the deaths was told on Thursday.

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