THREE DEAD IN BLOODY END TO SYDNEY SIEGE: Two Hostages Die And Muslim Extremist Gunned Down As Police Storm Martin Place Café With Assault Rifles And Stun Grenades Moments After People Fled -- Daily Mail
* Police stormed the cafe in central Sydney where a gunman held hostages for more than 16 hours
* Police moved in firing automatic weapons and throwing grenades as hostages were seen fleeing in terror from cafe
* Live TV footage showed hostages running frantically from the cafe at shortly after 2am in small groups
* It came hours after Man Haron Monis was named as the gunman holding people hostage in a Sydney café
* Iranian refugee, 50, was charged with accessory in the murder of his ex-wife
* He was also facing multiple charges of sexual assault while claiming to be a 'spiritual healer'
* Monis received 300 community service hours for sending hate mail to the families of Australian dead soldiers
* The siege follows an unsuccessful attempt to have these charges overturned in the High Court on Friday
* He forced hostages to hold up a black flag with white writing in Arabic, an emblem linked to terror groups
An Iranian-born gunman was killed, two of his hostages are dead and four injured after a dramatic and chaotic firefight brought an end to a terrorist siege at a Sydney cafe.
Teams of heavily armed police swooped on the Lindt Chocolat cafe in a hail of gunfire, ending a tense stand-off where Man Haron Monis had been holding around 17 people captive.
Police issued a statement describing the event as a confrontation with a 50-year man, who they said died after shots were fired. The man was pronounced dead after being taken to hospital, police said.
A man, aged 34, and a woman, aged 38, also died, the police said in their statement.
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