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A decade on from the Lindt Cafe siege, the trauma is still too real.

A madman, a sawn-off shotgun and 18 hostages: How a killer terrorised my city for 17 hours

Across from a TV studio and in one of Sydney’s busiest pedestrian precincts, a deadly terror attack played out on a scale Australia had never seen before.

  • Deborah Snow

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It will be five years since Louisa Hope lived through the nightmare of the Lindt siege.

Heartbreak and hope: five years on from the Lindt siege

Next month it will be five years since Louise Hope lived through the nightmare of the Lindt cafe siege that paralysed Sydney.

  • Deborah Snow
Former police sniper Mark Davidson, known as Sierra Three 1, told 60 Minutes on Sunday he could have shot Lindt gunman Man Haron Monis and saved the lives of Tori Johnson and Katrina Dawson, a decision he said he has to "live with".

Police Minister slams 60 Minutes over sniper's claim he could have shot Lindt gunman

Mark Davidson, known as Sierra Three 1, told the program he could have shot Man Haron Monis and saved the lives of Tori Johnson and Katrina Dawson.

  • Sally Rawsthorne, Jenny Noyes and Laura Chung
The chief sniper during the Lindt Cafe siege has alleged police were prevented from doing their jobs.

Chief sniper at Lindt cafe siege sues NSW Police

The man, who was the chief sniper during the Lindt Cafe siege, claims the lives of cafe manager Tori Johnson and barrister Katrina Dawson could have been saved.

Martin Place siege gunman Man Haron Monis.

Man Haron Monis a chameleon who donned wolf's clothing

On a day when two innocent people are dead and a nation is struggling to absorb the shocking events in Martin Place, it is hard to care about who the person behind all this misery and terror was.

  • Maher Mughrabi

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