BLOODY END TO SIEGE: Two hostages feared dead and Muslim gunman killed as police storm Sydney cafe with assault rifles and stun grenades moments after hostages tried to flee
· 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, 49, 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 black flag with white writing in Arabic, an emblem linked to terror groups
· An Iranian-born gunman was killed and two of his hostages are feared dead after a dramatic and chaotic firefight brought an end to the 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 a jihadist had been holding around 20 people captive for 17 hours.
· There were reports that at least three others were injured, but this could not immediately be confirmed.
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