Police have stormed a Sydney cafe where hostages have been held for the past 17 hours, running into the building amid a barrage of heavy gunfire.
Moments earlier at least five more panicked hostages escaped from the Lindt cafe in the city's central business district.
Seven people were also taken from the Martin Place cafe on stretchers. Five of those hostages are being treated at the scene.
An elderly lady has also been helped from the cafe by heavily-armed police officers.
There was a series of loud explosions and flashes as two police officers rushed towards the building's entrance.
Glass shattered across the pavement as a man dressed in bomb-disposal kit stood poised to enter the premises.
Alarms rang in the street as more police officers and ambulance crews were sent into the cafe, where a gunmen has at least 15 hostages in a tense stand-off.
After the hostages escaped and police entered the cafe, a bomb-disposal robot approached the doorway.
Former SAS member Pete Winner told Sky News it appeared Australian police believed the hostages were in immediate danger.
"It looks like they've done a full assault with explosive entry," he said.
"It appears the gunfire was probably the taking down of the gunman."
Police have confirmed that the siege has now ended.
The gunman has been named as Sheikh Man Haron Monis, who is notorious in Australia for sending abusive letters to family members of soldiers killed in Afghanistan.
The siege began at 10am local time when Monis - who was previously known to both Sydney police and media - entered the cafe in Martin Place carrying a pump-action shotgun.
Hostages were seen holding a black flag with white Arabic text similar to those displayed by the Islamic State group.
Footage showed Monis apparently using one hostage as a human shield.
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