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Sydney police confirmed early Tuesday the hostage situation in a downtown chocolate store is over.

Lindt Chocolat Cafe in downtown Sydney was sieged by a suspected Iranian-born gunman who had held an unknown number of hostages for more than 16 hours until a loud bang was heard from inside freeing hostages.

“A swarm of heavily armed police stormed a cafe in the heart of Sydney early Tuesday, ending a siege by an Iranian-born gunman who had held an unknown number of hostages for more than 16 hours,” according to KRIV-TV.

Further details have not been released, but local media and police did confirm 50-year-old Monis was the gunman.

As far as the hostages’ condition “A female was shot in the leg, a hospital official said, and earlier at least two people were wheeled out of the cafe on stretchers. A weeping woman was helped out by police,” said KRIV-TV

Monis has a criminal history dating back to 2002 when he was associated with the murder of his wife.

Sydney 16-Hour Hostage Turmoil Cleared by Police  was originally published on boom92houston.com