One hostage and the hostage taker are reported to have died after police stormed a Sydney cafe where up to 20 people have been held for 17 hours.
At least half a dozen heavily-armed police threw flash grenades through an entrance to the building, then advanced into the cafe with their guns raised.
A series of loud explosions were heard at the scene before glass shattered onto the pavement from a nearby window.
Moments earlier at least five more panicked hostages escaped from the Lindt cafe in the city's central business district.
Seven people were also taken from the Martin Place cafe on stretchers. Five of those hostages are being treated at the scene.
An elderly lady was helped from the cafe by specialist police officers. One woman was seen with blood spattered on her foot.
There was a series of loud explosions and flashes as officers rushed through the building's entrance.
A man dressed in bomb-disposal kit also stood poised to enter the premises.
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Alarms rang in the street as more police officers and ambulance crews were sent into the cafe, where a gunmen has held at least 15 hostages in a tense stand-off.
After the hostages escaped and police entered the cafe, a bomb-disposal robot approached the doorway.
Former SAS member Pete Winner told Sky News it appeared Australian police believed the hostages were in immediate danger.
"It looks like they've done a full assault with explosive entry," he said.
"It appears the gunfire was probably the taking down of the gunman."
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A bomb disposal robot moves towards Sydney's Lindt Cafe after armed police moved in to end the seige in a barrage of gunfire.
A woman is carried out of the cafe after armed police stormed the building where a gunman was holding up to 20 hostages
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