Australian prime minister Tony Abbott says that “The National Security Committee of Cabine has … convened for briefings on the situation” a “reported hostage taking incident in Martin Place in Sydney.”
“New South Wales police and the Australian federal police are currently responding to a reported hostage-taking incident in Martin Place in Sydney,” reads Abbott’s statement.
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