Gunman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Haron_Monis" id="mwAWg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Man Haron Monis">Man Haron Monis</a> takes <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Sydney_hostage_crisis" id="mwAWk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2014 Sydney hostage crisis">18 hostages</a> inside a café in <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Place,_Sydney" id="mwAWo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Martin Place, Sydney">Martin Place</a> for 16 hours in Sydney. Monis and two hostages are killed when police raid the café the following morning.