One of the hostages in Sydney died from police bullets – Republic

AFP

In the course of the investigation after the attack in a cafe in Sydney in December last year, it was found that one the hostages died at the hands of the police.

Katrina Dawson was one of the hostages held in mid-December in the Lindt cafe in the center of Sydney by an armed gunman. Man imprisoned in the premises of 17 people.

– has been hit by “six police projectile fragments or bullets that bounced off hard surfaces and wounded her body,” – said the coroner Jeremy Gormly. – I will not name the details of injuries to Mrs. Dawson. Let me just say that one of the fragments pierced the major blood vessel. The woman quickly lost consciousness and died shortly afterwards – the coroner said.

The information set out in the course of the investigation confirm previous Australian media reports that 38-year-old Katrina baristka Dawson died from police bullets that were hit in the arm and a woman’s heart .

Another of the hostages, a cafe manager Tori Johnson, was shot in the head by an assassin Man Haron Monis. Killing a man led police to believe the storming of the café and disposal attacker.

conducted after the assassination investigation is to determine whether the death of the hostages could have been avoided, and that really qualify it as a death resulting from a terrorist act.

December 15 armed attackers burst into a cafe in the center of Sydney, and for several hours it was holding 17 hostages. The bomber forced them among window to display at the premises of the Islamic flag with the inscription: “Allah is great”. Read more.

One of the hostages in Sydney died from police bullets – Republic