Special Report: How The Sydney Siege Unfolded

Three people have been killed as heavily-armed police stormed a Sydney cafe where a gunman took 17 people hostage, forcing the city's central business district into lockdown for 16 hours. Full story: news.sky.com/story/1392304/thr...
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[@marktimmer2212]

That first guy entering with the shield, I wish I had mates like him..

[@SomeDork353]

Imagine the kind of person that's willing to run into gunfire with nothing but a thin sheet of metal to protect them, all for the sake of potentially saving a few others.

[@kanesas4577]

A police shield is a little more than a 'thin sheet of metal'.

[@nlknok77]

vary soft kitter eating sppagoni ummm nope. More like aramid or another impenetrable material. Bullets go through thin sheets of metal.

[@maxbrotman6951]

Thin sheet of metal or not that’s an extremely ballsy job

[@derp4987]

Impenetrable? Nothing is impenetrable, a big enough round will destroy anything.

[@WubzMegaplier]

He claimed to promote peace but then pulled this damned stunt.

[@blackmetalmagick1]

0:48 that first officer has got some balls

[@knoxieiscoolshorts]

I bet the hostage families wish the cops could not kill 2 of them

[@mattdruce1410]

I remember watching 7 news for 3 hours straight just watching person by person leave. I live in Australia so all our hearts went to the victims and the diseased

[@bweany6728]

same dude

[@91downunder]

deceased*

[@lagog4102]

@@91downunder r u serious right now

[@king...675]

@@lagog4102 he corrected the person

[@king...675]

@@91downunder Yh your correct

[@Austin-ri3zk]

Gotta love all the arm chair experts who think they know better than the Counter Terrorism Units on how to conduct an operation.

[@narrativequestion]

true....the counter terrorists know lots more than anyone of how to create an op.

[@topdick6865]

The counter Terrorist experts are the architects of the operation to kill civilians in false flag political crimes, then after the staged event is completed these experts of Terror run though the entire event patching up all the holes in the crime. Don't be so gullible, these crimes are committed by officials and engineered by counter Terrorism experts. Terrorists are all hired by The Crown, The Banks, The entire Masonic System are behind false flag events like this to disarm the law abiding citizens. Absolute power is the hidden agenda behind false flag crimes.

[@tomwithey711]

Top Detective Your tin foil hat is on the way.

[@anthonyspanjich2772]

@@tomwithey711 Ummmm, ar$hole is standing in the window..... Aussie Police do NOTHING - even with easy shots? People die. Are these not the facts? grow some balls aussie police.... I'm a bit embarassed.....

[@knoxieiscoolshorts]

They had 1 job, not to kill the hostages, they killed 2

[@f0x797]

Australia barely gets these situations where the specialists need to respond, but they enter like they've done it a million times. Mad respect

[@domiy13]

Think again. This entire incident only highlighted the negligence and incapability of Australian police. The attack shouldn't have started in the first place since the gunman was known to police and should've been arrested earlier. During the raid, a sniper had a clear shot on the gunman which could've ended it instantly, yet he was ordered not to shoot. Then it got to the point where a shootout with the SWAT team ensued, in which one of the hostages was killed by police fire. Sorry, but that's a gross oversight and mismanagement by Australian police. This incident was their reckoning.

[@jamessucks6634]

@@domiy13 the sniper thought there was a bomb in the backpack thats why they didnt shoot.

[@carla5014]

f0x I know right the last time this happened I think was the massacre in like Tasmania or something.(I’m only 12 but my dad told me)

[@umbrella9535]

Arctic Turtle Port Arthur Massacre

[@darcyboyd8014]

@@domiy13 I reckon Tag East (comprised of 2nd Commando regiment operators) should have dealt with this.

[@dantewong2662]

I live in Sydney and I was heading to the Lindt cafe when it started We called my Aunty to see if she wanted anything and she said don’t go there Because they were holding people hostage Thank god for my Aunty!!!!!

[@zreepah386]

KZbinN00b 8D tell your Aunty she is a legend

[@MrShades877420BLAZEIT]

Its funny how people in the comments think they're some kinda experienced tactician and know what their talking about. Its always like that in these kind of videos. eg. starship69: If they threw lemons at the windows and ran in with bombs strapped to themselves they could have easily resolved the situation with no casualties.

[@Stormzilla]

So true

[@shadow666hero2]

I can confirm, starship69 is correct

[@danial5870]

That comment was obviously meant as a joke

[@thisperson2963]

Dude if they pepper sprayed his feet this would have been over

[@MoelijkDoge]

its funny how people in the comments cant understand sarcasm or a joke. its always like that in these kind of videos. eg. MrShades877: Its funny how people in the comments think they're some kinda experienced tactician and know what their talking about. Its always like that in these kind of videos. eg.

[@willm687]

firearms officers theres no such thing as that in Australia all police officers here are armed

[@torihindson]

Will M not with the guns the firearms officers are armed with.

[@mtgamer731]

Just called tactical police

[@lolofabiolaa6104]

They are called riot squad 😂😂😂🤣

[@mightymilfosaur]

Bro its NSWPF TOU operators

[@blackwolf1372]

@@adelaideaviation2047 nah, TAG (tactical assualt group) or TRG (tactical response group)

[@user-xm1ib8fv5t]

i remember hearing about this when i was around 10 - 11 years old... it was absolutely horrible. i hope victims who were injured and/or traumatised are healing well and are on the road to recovery, and i hope the families and friends of the dead are alright and the grief is getting easier for them to deal with too. we’re very lucky that we live in a country where these kind of attacks are rare. unfortunately the police teams weren’t as experienced in stuff like this back then, and their communication skills definitely weren’t great, as crucial information didn’t get around to all the teams, to and from the command post etc. fast enough, so some of the deaths and injuries could’ve been prevented if they knew what to do and had a better plan. let’s just hope the training we have nowadays is a lot better, and if this ever happens again, we’ll have skilled and well-trained people around who know what to do.

[@tommylawrance9966]

This is so sad

[@mattb4507]

Gut-wrenching. Australia is the opposite of this. God bless Australian souls.

[@megaraph5551]

6:16 man in background must be like "what the hell is going on I was about to sleep"

[@renepradfoot1144]

I remember watching this live. My mum put it on the tellie and I saw everyone's hands pressed onto the glass.

[@johnkidd1226]

Finally, a police chief with balls who backs up the decisions of his men

[@johnkidd1226]

@Peter Lloyd Thats not quite the story. 60 minutes is not a credible source.

[@Gos1234567]

@Peter Lloyd People died because the police were pissing about,they totally fcked up

[@cheeseburgertim1694]

@@Gos1234567 100% correct

[@lillmango]

I wonder why they didn't go in after the first shot. The gunman fired a non-lethal shot a couple of minutes before he shot tori. The fact that there was gunfire should've been a sign for them to go in and that this guy wasn't bluffing and that he had ammunition.

[@DaleHardiman]

That's what the judge at the royal commission said.

[@GreyStreet14]

Exactly! Just poor leadership and bad execution. 16 hours, and 2 dead. Wow

[@Veterans4life]

This was a very sad day especially for the families who lost loved ones. Let’s hope it will never happen again 😢

[@sabby123456789]

4:07 - This photo so heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time.

[@llauravasquez]

I remember when I saw this on tv live, man it was scary

[@kirstenhatton9778]

there’s this guy named lachlan mellor. he was in my year (grade 4 at the time) and he went to this cafe, but when they tried to enter, there was a coat hanger that was stopping the door from opening. so lachy’s family couldn’t enter, and then someone yelled “they have a gun” and they all ran :( this is still so sad, our world is such a terrible place.

[@volbergiceberg1614]

Its not the world that is terrible. it was this world inhabitans is terrible speacialy human

[@micolevi]

whoever yelled that was really brave

[@scorpzau5062]

I remember I was like 11 and at my aunties work 1 block away and had police storm out building telling us to not move anywhere

[@clutch5011]

If intel from the hostages who escaped reached the snipers, they could have ended this without a hostage live lost

[@TrainSpottinAndBiking]

I went there 2 months before the siege when I was little in 2014

[@craigmeister1241]

I remember when i was 13 watching this unfold on the TV, I couldn't believe what I was seeing at the time. It was a sad day for Australia.

[@NunYa953]

Absolute failure of police tactics. They had listening devices and a sniper monitoring the situation. They had enough intelligence and a clear view of the attacker and should have ended it.

[@user-kz8gz8mp5s]

If they did miss, then more people hostages die

[@nosrepp]

SWAT teams aren’t there to kill, they save lives. They try their best to limit the kill count.

[@DaleHardiman]

They had the sniper interviewed last night on 60 mins . He had Monis in his sights for 10 mins but could not take the shot because he didn't have full positive ID. The police did but failed to pass the info on to the sniper.

[@ryanshields8560]

The shooter was not IDed to the sniper, there were hostages lined up as human shields along the windows, they didn’t know that there wasn’t more gunmen at the time, it was just far too risky of a shot, and failing as a result of any of these factors would have more than likely lead to all of the hostages being killed quickly. Not to mention, the glass on the cafe was bulletproof

[@Gos1234567]

@@ryanshields8560 faking bullshit.This was a disaster by the police.

[@micahblenks]

The crazy thing was.. Is that me and my family were walking past that same shop a week earlier

[@adioamigo22]

The NSW Commissioner was very wise to let the HRT make the decision on when and how to end the siege. Leaving it to the experts, while not always resulting in a perfect operation, is always the best course of action (with a few exceptions, i.e., Beslan).

[@thedude9024]

Should of used the Commandos at Holsworthy instead of the Police. The assault team were super sloppy.

[@sebastianhendy559]

I remember watching this during Christmas it was terrifying especially living in Australia 🇦🇺

[@-void-6465]

I’m visiting Sydney as I write this, we went to the Lindt cafe and there was two plaques for Tori and Katrina and it feels kinda sad and quiet in there.

[@geraskatinas1846]

1:16 what are those guys doing ( behind the glass) ???

[@FuriousKnob]

I remember this on the T.V it looked so scary!

[@ServiceMotivationMusic]

I remember sitting in my hotel watching this on the news. I turned to my dad and cousin (Norwegian Military) and said, i wish i was one of the officers. This is a topic i know alot about, we was going to go to there because we all wanted to but we never got to the shop because of the idiot who did this.

[@burningbones]

australian police forces are very well trained and are very responsive

[@azeragiturk4556]

Enderslayer well trained for being a pussy.

[@DavidC-ro3ro]

I spent years working with the aussies in the army, some of the most professional soldiers and police I’ve ever seen, incredibly skilled, these special forces men are on par with swat in the United States

[@addmeonebay2626]

Could of been worse.. Always could be worse. Cant assume things would of gone any better based on ifs and buts... That's very silly thinking. What happened happened and we should be pretty damn grateful we aren't in a gun nut driven Country and for the most part events like this are very very very rare here.

[@CloroxBleach-cq7tj]

The ABC put out a series which was very good, and explained lots of stuff, go give it a look

[@fish-kj1dg]

Enderslayer No they’re not, they are poorly trained there is bad execution in this video. They probably are now very well trained but not in 2016.

[@venuskyia]

i remember my school was a 5 minute walk away from the cafe and we went into lockdown. i just remember the fear when i left school as i walked down the streets there were people rushing home calling people it was just terrifying. i was like 6

[@jhopeless8300]

I remember when this happened. I was about 7, and my class was meant to go on an excursion to the city, which got postponed because of this. I didn't know it was happening until I got home and my mum told me what was happening. I was so scared, and I remember in the morning when one of the hostages was killed. It was so horrible what happened. My heart goes out to the victims and the families.

[@NathanBRing]

I remember this so well, i remember my dad and i had a flight in the morning back from brisbane to sydney, he dropped me of at school and he had to go to work, as i arrived to school, my friends told me the news of what was happening in the city, i didnt believe him but it was true, not until that afternoon, my mum and i went home and we watched the news, my friend's were all scared that afternoon, not wanting to catch the bus home, but the city was an hour away. So i think we were more safe because we lived in the western suburbs of sydney.

[@spyroXcynder1000]

The thing that was "unclear" before the officers stormed in was that a hostage was shot

[@merewetherful]

I pray for the families of Tori and Katrina and all of the victims involved. Such innocent lives lost.

[@jenpeterson3712]

How's that going to help?

[@julianparr2058]

@@jenpeterson3712 Shut it Karen. Better than your useless comment

[@lamlam7723]

It’s really unforgivable for me in my life, I worked nearby here

[@patrickshultz780]

I flew out of sydney shortly before this incident took place. Only hearing of the news when I landed in the Gold Coast an hour later. Stayed up all night watching it unfold from the hotel room.

[@e0o9kii]

RIP and God bless the victims and their families.

[@DDDDamien]

I wonder if any of the police had camera`s on them

[@destroyingbiscuitmlg7895]

Yes they do

[@teammando7749]

@@destroyingbiscuitmlg7895 but i dont think they would share it with the public cos that would be so graphic

[@basicallyoperate]

Remember seeing this years ago. From the perspective of an US marine, throwing flash bangs right in front of the assault team while they were moving in is just an incompetent action. The assault team literally stopped in the lobby to adjust nvgs before continuing to that cafe, lost a lot of momentum right there. 556 rounds are fine but why fire 22 shots to a single person in confined space full with hostages without clear line of sight? Killing a hostage then wounded other 4 including one of your teammates is just a shxt show. Should have let federal police’s tactical response teams or the military TAG East handle it. Can’t believe the police of such a world class city can’t even handle single gunman. Should send them to LA or Quantico for some apprenticeship with LAPD or FBI.

[@iwenttotheshopsandthekidsn1319]

still gives me chills

[@gemizu4874]

Those cluster flashes are a thing of beauty.

[@triocha233]

Feels like yesterday

[@rogerdavies6226]

flash bangs are good

[@damanteoh9345]

6:13 suit guy behind "Quiet please"

[@juliomichelle8705]

I feel like I'm going to end up on some sort of list for watching these xD

[@zreepah386]

Daddy Dillon same

[@getsumbread2353]

CNN had a video of a video camera guy who helped police by zooming in on the situation. And he said that a hostage was executed by a single gunshot and the police then stormed it

[@MitoFLMW]

4:57 SwaggerSouls is in the middle

[@prairieflower2710]

The police to say they saved lives..what an insult to the survivors and families of victims. The hostages saved themselves....my heart goes out to the people who have to live with the post traumatic trauma of this police incompetence

[@syahmi518]

They want to deploy a juggernaut unit .. dang

[@441meatloaf]

I think he just wanted the chocolate sale from Lindt but missed the last christmas special box.

[@donna6592]

Idiot.

[@winter2690]

Can someone explain to me why police only stormed in after Tori was killed?

[@rollickplays3579]

They were spamming flash grenades.

[@annamouradian6764]

I remember when I was little and I saw this on the news and didn’t realise how serious it was

[@robertjbassett]

seems all hostages shot were shot by police in there bungled rade

[@ben96221]

No a lady had a heart attack and the gunman shot a man in the back

[@elmar541]

1:00 narrator said "firearms operators". All aussie cops are "firearms operators", this isn't england anymore love

[@googlreviews7813]

Just watched a documentary on this incident and there is no doubt incompetence of the Police contributed to the outcome. Police should have let counter terrorism division handle the decision, instead they allowed a profile psychologist to influence the decisions, a profile psychologist with no previous background or understanding of Islamic State. RIP to all victims, best regards to all Australians as their peaceful country was invaded by evil.

[@knoxieiscoolshorts]

So true, police killed 2 civilians due to arrogance

[@rentenpaul6040]

Is it me or was anyone else counting the number of shots fired in the entire video? I got 100-130 shots fired in the entire video... ( that counts to the same footage shown more than once )for some reason when ever I watch a video with shooting in it I always count how many shots are fired In the video.. If I’m wrong about how many shots were fired in the video or I missed any. Feel free to let me know..

[@JohnnySinsHD]

Most of those "shots" are probz flashbangs going off

[@were-all-human9427]

commentors need to watch the docu - 2017 - The Lindt Cafe Siege has a rather different spin on what happened...... from the people there.... rather than armchair experts..

[@angelvazquez2112]

Unfortunately the rest of the team didn’t have the heart the 1st guy did

[@rapid1019]

Unfortunately the rest of his team stayed outside throwing flash bangs into the building... Blinding the rest of the first 5 guys views who went in first resulting in the police shooting the hostages...

[@Euan_Miller43]

Rapid 101 those weren’t flash but 9 bangs

[@maxstikkelbroeck4057]

No it’s planned and executed how they trained it isn’t about heart but about brains clogging up and rushing in is brain dead

[@knoxieiscoolshorts]

They killed 2 civilians with all that training

[@_hayden.lai_8842]

i remembered me and my family was watching 7news all night and not even one of us talk to others. we just shaking

[@marcusaddison8866]

Wow they only checked the middle Eastern man

[@jedidiahfowler9383]

Reminds me of the hostage scene in the batman

[@ryucombo8344]

look how he throws the Flash grenade AHAHAH

[@50sausagesatonce76]

RYU COMBO lol have u ever threw a flashbang, this isn’t the states, we’re not shot 24/7

[@sunny5113]

It's Real Life Rainbow Six Siege,Hostage Gameplay.

[@sunny5113]

At 5:53 recruit went in with shield then he throwed stun grenade,then rest of the team Mumbers also Did same and rushed in killed the Terrorist .ITS ALL GAMES THING.

[@Night-Tid3]

sunny samyog Stop comparing real life traumatic events to a video game, fool.

[@NxDoyle]

Unfortunately for Tori and Katrina, the NSW police did not face this event head on. The man who caused such terror should not even have been in a position to walk into that cafe. He should have been remanded in custody, but instead he was bailed on charges of accessory to murder his ex-wife, and a bunch of sex offences. That's _before_ he walked into a Martin Place cafe in Dec 2014.

[@beef88]

2 CDO’s TAG East should’ve been given the gig.

[@kda3113]

should have allowed the military to intervene, they would have handled this properly.

[@charlieswan322]

Should of called in the commandos

[@Someoneonyoutube]

4:!0 girls face is melting

[@lazarusdigital]

The Sydney police screwed this up so bad.

[@heavy_ang_patay]

I thought guns in Australia are banned. How did this happen?

[@colbartus5273]

CursedChad They aren’t banned. They are difficult to obtain. I assume the terrorist bought it off the black market.

[@tothjake94]

And they have super strict gun laws too.

[@50sausagesatonce76]

Jake Toth black market

[@colbartus5273]

Jake Toth I guess terrorists don’t like to follow the rules...

[@bruz5154]

and this is our only major fatal event since banning guns

[@Claptrap42]

"To Promote Peace" - Says the person who terrified the people in the cafe and who shot a hostage whom did not partake in the afghan war...

[@7071t6]

At the storming period there was only 3 people left inside, 2 ladies and the terrorist and the NSW police commissioner says if they did not enter more lives would have been lost what a crock of total and utter Fuken bs, these are the people who need to be accountable for there actions and words full stop, which is why when the coroner said that drastic changes need to be made in the decision making processes with the TRG command, not the men on the ground, because they follow orders given by those who think they know it all, but in fact they are in a van looking via CCTV footage and TRG cameras inside, so they had plenty of time to give a green light to the sniper teams to shoot him?

[@GMB88]

That’s wrong, there were 6 still inside. 4 with the gunman (Tori, Katrina, another woman and her mother) in the cafe and two in the back room (two women)

[@johnklm5465]

They sent Police special operations but if things went even more out of hand I'm pretty sure military Speical operations will have been involved.

[@stephenjacobs5640]

scoreboard check?

[@MastRk]

was it just one guy?

[@lupus4278]

Should've breached in with Lion, Finka, Thermite, Hibana, and Blitz

[@extreme8780]

ahhhhh i shouldn't have laughed at that :P maybe would've worked.... glaz for the bullet proof glass....

[@knoxieiscoolshorts]

The keystone cops going in guns pointed at the floor, what a joke,

[@rapid1019]

5 officers entered and some didn't, what i don't get is the ones who didn't, they continued to throw flash bangs. This would of stunned the officers who did enter.

[@difficultinterest1582]

+Rapid 101 officers are trained to resist flash bang and concussion grenades the same way 22nd SAS are trained

[@rapid1019]

+Captain_Australia the entire police operation in this siege was a failure

[@ryannash8961]

no it was real

[@TheZodiacz]

Indi Rousseu that was a psy-op

[@SpAceProductions100]

There not officers there commandos special forces

[@wjwjwj8089]

Wait dont they have gun control tho?

[@daddybeagleaz907]

Only the law abiding obey those laws. As any politician knows.

[@eliisorpeliisorp1333]

damn what a peaceful religion

[@dogaveinsan2733]

Of course not!!islam=terrorism=barbarism organization not peace religion.just killed until dominant world.ya 1500 years start killed and occupy all world just now have a western but almost occupy western if western no wake up!!

[@randomname2805]

DONT FUSE THE HOSTAGE

[@caesaramadeus-versace8119]

"thoughts and prayers"

[@ryanshields8560]

Caesar Amadeus-Versace and then an operation was put in place to rescue the hostages within 17 hours, they didn’t just give their thoughts and prayers and do nothing about it. There’s nothing wrong with giving thoughts and prayers in that situation

[@agentcaninemutt]

they has to move fast

[@firelive565]

Our police Ai. Is spot on its actually about 50% accuracy

[@catherinerothe16]

3:52 look at those cowards

[@devilthao5458]

why do they all go in a group imagine he threw a grenade at them officer ?

[@Halotest100]

Would be interesting to know if the SASR had an role in the siege.

[@thefuck7175]

They didnt

[@bruz5154]

if SF was used it would defeat the whole purpose of these police units

[@jasonhayward6965]

3:08pm 5:12 pm the difference is choice

[@brad1840]

if this was a test for our police response... and one gunman killed 2 hostages shot another and shot a police officer in the face, how did they do? well?

[@meliqase006]

They sound like they are on full auto..

[@harrywilson1139]

Decoy

[@boringperson-zb8vy]

+joe stan Or they're just quick on the trigger?

[@joeyscaniaman6391]

police sniper had a clear shot of him and he was told not to take it

[@Morrissey346]

Yup so stupid

[@callumduncan7975]

It use to be a bank (so bullet proof windows), the gunman made the hostages up against the windows (he also stayed away from the windows). so No they didn't have a clear shot.

[@thefuck7175]

They didn't know how many gunmen were there and didnt want collateral damage

[@Ouchie]

Did they know there was 1 gunman that time?

[@evanroberts3015]

Yes but because of how serious the issue was they needed many armed police in case something unexpected happened

[@Ouchie]

@@evanroberts3015 Damn this is 2 years ago. I forgot why I asked that question but thanks for the answer

[@truesouth4784]

NSW Police were in way over their head on this one. They did not have the skill nor the fortitude to conduct this operation.

[@noname-sk3hl]

So a Muslim man who was fighting with pen and paper thought guns and killings are better. That's new and Never heard of.