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Interactive timeline: Here is what happened in Sydney on Monday

Blow by blow account of what happened at the Martin Place cafe in Sydney.

An armed gunman entered a Sydney cafe during Monday morning’s rush hour and took an unknown number of hostages. Hours after the crisis began, five people escaped but a number of others remained inside. As night fell, there were no reports of injuries and the gunman’s motives remained unclear. The appearance of a black flag with Arabic script in the cafe window raised concerns of a terrorist incident.

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