Police Boost Security as Sydney Siege Ends in Fatal Shoot
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Police stepped up security across Sydney after a 16-hour siege in a city cafe ended in a shootout that left two hostages and the gunman dead.
Mother-of-three Katrina Dawson, a 38-year-old barrister, and cafe manager Tori Johnson, 34, died after officers stormed the premises in a pre-dawn raid. Man Haron Monis, 50, a self-proclaimed Islamic cleric from Iran with a history of violent crime and extremist sympathies, was also killed.