1 year later: Martin Place siege ends following shootout with police

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Flowers left at Martin Place.Credit:Nick Moir

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Hostages were earlier seen against the window of the Lindt Chocolat Cafe in Martin Place.Credit:Twitter

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Police take positions during the Martin Place siege.Credit:Daniel Munoz

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People evacuate a building next to the siege at Lindt Cafe in Martin Place.Credit:Daniel Munoz

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NSW Tactical Operations police attend the Martin Place siege.Credit:Daniel Munoz

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A police officer moves closer to the scene of the siege in Martin Place.Credit:Daniel Munoz

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Heavily armoured Police keep weapons trained on the entrance to the Lindt Chocolate Cafe in Martin Place.Credit:Steven Siewert

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A man is removed from the perimeter of the siege at Lindt Chocolat Cafe.Credit:Mark Metcalfe

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Police at the scene of the siege this afternoon. Credit:Daniel Munoz

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Two hostages run to safety outside the Lindt Cafe.Credit:Getty Images

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NSW Tactical Operations Unit police officers keep watch outside the Lindt Chocolat Cafe before the siege.Credit:Andrew Meares

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Police officers stand next to Lindt Chocolat Cafe in Martin Place.Credit:Getty Images

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Police officers talk next to Lindt cafe, Martin Place.Credit:Getty Images

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Police guide a robot into the Lindt Chocolat Cafe in Martin Place.Credit:Andrew Meares

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The bomb squad enter the Lindt Chocolat Cafe in Martin Place next to a robot.Credit:Andrew Meares

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Lindt Chocolat Cafe Siege timeline: 2:03am - Two of six hostages who escaped run from the building towards Special Operations Police in Martin Place.Credit:Andrew Meares

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Hostages flee from the Lindt Chocolat Cafe in Martin Place during the shootout.Credit:Andrew Meares

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Freed hostages run from the Lindt Chocolat Cafe in Martin Place.Credit:Andrew Meares

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Ambulance officers move into the Lindt Chocolat Cafe as the siege comes to a dramatic end.Credit:Andrew Meares

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Ambulance officers move into the Lindt Chocolat Cafe in Martin Place following the shooting.Credit:Andrew Meares

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Emergency personnel respond to injured hostages shortly after the siege ended.Credit:Andrew Meares

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A hostage taken from the cafe on a stretcher.Credit:Andrew Meares

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Marcia Mikhael is rescued from the Lindt Chocolat Cafe in Martin Place in Sydney on Tuesday 16 December 2014. Photo: Andrew MearesCredit:Andrew Meares

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Family of The hostages wait at the St James Supreme Court for news.Credit:Nick Moir

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Police marking out the Martin Place crime scene after the dramatic siege ending.Credit:Nick Moir

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Two women embrace at the scene of the siege at Martin Place.Credit:Nick Moir

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The Australian and NSW flags were lowered to half-staff on the Sydney Harbour Bridge following the loss of two hostages in the Lindt Chocolat Cafe siege.Credit:Andrew Meares

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Kate Golder leaves flowers while crying at Martin Place.Credit:Nick Moir

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A woman cries as she leaves flowers to pay her respects at Martin Place. Credit:Getty Images

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NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione views the memorial in Martin Place.Credit:Nick Moir

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Mourners joined thousands of Sydneysiders to lay flowers near the Lindt chocolate cafe in Martin Place following last nights dramatic siege in Sydney, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. Three people are dead including the gunman after police stormed the building in the early hours of this morning.Credit:Christopher Pearce

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Prime Minister Tony Abbott and partner Margaret arrive at Martin Place, Sydney to lay a bouquet of flowers and pay thier repects to those invovlved in the Lindt Cafe tragedy overnight.Credit:James Alcock

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NSW Premier Mike Baird lays flowers at Martin Place after the seige at the Lindt Chocolate Cafe.Credit:Ben Rushton

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Members of the Muslim community lay flowers at Martin place after 2 people and gunman died when the Siege ended at 2am this morning Credit:Ben Rushton