Sydney cafe inquest to shed light on how hostages died


Mark of respect: Women from the Muslims and Friends Association paying their respects at a memorial outside the Lindt Cafe in Sydney in this file pic. — EPA

SYDNEY: An inquest into the deadly siege in which an extremist gunman held a cafe full of people captive in Sydney opens, amid expectation it will officially lift the lid on how two hostages died.

Details of what happened when Iranian-born Man Monis took customers and staff hostage at the Lindt chocolate cafe in Martin Place on Dec 15 have not been released, with survivors advised by the authorities against telling their stories before enquiries have ended.

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