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Australia releases the latest investigation report on hostage-taking in Sydney Cafe

Published: 2026-02-23 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2026/02/23, Xinhua News Agency, Sydney, May 24 (Reporter Zhang Xiaojun and he Jiayue) Australia released the latest investigation report on the hostage-taking incident in Sydney cafes in December 2014 on the 24th. According to the report, the police made mistakes in carrying out their duties, but the terrorists were the only culprit for the casualties. Martin Guang, downtown Sydney, December 15, 2014

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Xinhua News Agency, Sydney, May 24 (Reporter Zhang Xiaojun and he Jiayue) Australia released the latest investigation report on the hostage-taking incident in Sydney cafes in December 2014 on the 24th. According to the report, the police made mistakes in carrying out their duties, but the terrorists were the only culprit for the casualties.

On December 15, 2014, a hostage took place in a cafe in Martin Square in central Sydney. In the early morning of the 16th, armed police broke into the store. In the end, Monis, the robber, Johnson, the cafe manager, and Dawson, the female lawyer, died. Monis, who entered Australia as a refugee in 1996, was detained in Australia for the murder of his ex-wife and was charged with sexual assault.

The head of the report, New South Wales Inspector Michael Barnes, said the police should have acted 10 minutes before the robbers shot the hostages. "it has been too long for the police to give a decisive order for action. When the police finally ordered a break into the cafe, Johnson, the cafe manager, was shot dead by the robbers. "

In addition, Barnes also believes that the police did not allow negotiators to contact the robbers in time, "is a major mistake in the hostage-taking incident." The report also criticized the New South Wales Justice Department's decision to allow Monis to be released on bail.

However, Barnes also affirmed the heroic performance of the police, saying that "the casualties in the hostage-taking incident were not caused by improper handling by the police at the time of the incident." Monis is the culprit for all the consequences.

Dawson, a 38-year-old female lawyer, was accidentally killed by shrapnel fired by the police during an exchange of fire with the robbers in the cafe. Barnes said it was a "terrible accident" and that the police's behavior was "not excessive".