2014 Sydney hostage crisis
The 2014 Sydney hostage crisis, also known as the Sydney siege and Lindt Cafe siege, occurred on 15–16 December 2014 when a lone gunman, Man Haron Monis, held hostage ten customers and eight employees of a Lindt chocolate café located at Martin Place in Sydney, Australia. Police treated the event as a terrorist attack at the time, but Monis' motives were subsequently debated. However, the findings of the Coroner in 2017 deemed the event to be a terrorist attack.
Occupy Sydney
Occupy Sydney was resurrected on the night of December 13, 2013, following a hiatus of several weeks due to a series of council removals and harassment. This coincided with a Christmas charity event held by activist collective Anonymous at Martin Place. Occupy Sydney's services providing 24-hour help to the homeless was also re-established on this date.