Tributes after Lindt Café siege, Martin Place, Sydney Source: Wikimedia/ Sardaka
After 23 weeks of public hearings into Sydneys Lindt Cafe siege, the New South Wales coroner Michael Barnes has released his final assessment. The report finds police took too long to storm the cafe after gunman Man Haron Monis fired his first shot. NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller has admitted that police should have entered the cafe to rescue the hostages sooner. Meanwhile, Iranian ambassador Abdolhossein Vahaji says, the tragedy could have been prevented if Australia had extradited Monis to Iran for fraud charges in 2002.
After 23 weeks of public hearings into Sydneys Lindt Cafe siege, the New South Wales coroner Michael Barnes has released his final assessment. The report finds police took too long to storm the cafe after gunman Man Haron Monis fired his first shot. NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller has admitted that police should have entered the cafe to rescue the hostages sooner. Meanwhile, Iranian ambassador Abdolhossein Vahaji says, the tragedy could have been prevented if Australia had extradited Monis to Iran for fraud charges in 2002.
