Sydney siege ends with death of three, including the gunman

#sydneysiege The siege in Lindt café in Sydney ended after 6-hours and the gunman was killed apart from three others – they were a mother-of-three and the manager of the café in Martin Place. Four others were wounded, among them was a police officer who was shot in the face.
The police descended only after they heard a number of gunshots from inside because it was felt that if they did not intervene directly, many lives would be lost.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has offered his sympathy to their families. He has said that the perpetrator of this crime was well known to state and commonwealth authorities and had a long history of violent crime, infatuation with extremism and mental instability.
The manager 34-year-old Tori Johnson was shot dead after he tried to wrest the gun from the gunman, self-described Muslim cleric Man Haron Monis inside the Lindt café – the incident happened at around 2am local time.
The woman killed was 38-year-old Katrina Dawson – she was a mother of three young children and a barrister at Eight Selborne Chambers in Sydney's Phillip Street located opposite the café. She succumbed to her injuries in hospital after being held hostage for more than 16 hours.