epa04592276 (FILE) A family handout image obtained on 16 December 2014 shows 38-year-old Katrina Dawson, at an undisclosed location, Australia. One of the two hostages who died in a siege at a central Sydney cafe in December was killed by police bullet fragments, an inquest heard 29 January 2015. Katrina Dawson was one of two people who died during the December 2014 incident in which a lone gunman took 18 people hostage at the Lindt cafe, which was later stormed by police. Ms Dawson was struck by six fragments of a police bullet or bullets which ricocheted from hard surfaces into her body, Jeremy Gormly, a lawyer for the coroner, was quoted as saying by local media at the start of the inquest. Cafe manager Tori Johnston died at the hands of the gunman, Man Haron Monis, he said. Gormly said Monis told Johnston to kneel and then simply shot him without further notice or warning in the back of the head. The shooting prompted police to storm the cafe, he said. Monis was shot and killed in the process, endi
SYDNEY: Ricochets from police gunfire killed one of the two hostages who died in a 16-hour siege at a central Sydney cafe in December, an inquest into the stand-off heard.
In graphic details of the stand-off which shocked Australia, the coroner was told that the other victim was made to kneel down and shot in the back of the head after a group of hostages escaped from the Lindt chocolate cafe.
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