Posted on 01/28/2015 10:45:09 PM PST by BenLurkin
SYDNEY – A hostage who died during a siege in a downtown Sydney cafe was killed when she was struck by fragments of a bullet fired from a police officer's gun as authorities stormed in to end the 16-hour standoff, a lawyer told an inquest on Thursday.
Katrina Dawson, a 38-year-old lawyer who was among 18 people taken hostage last month by a gunman, died after being hit by six fragments of a police bullet that had ricocheted off a hard surface, Jeremy Gormly, a lawyer assisting the coroner, told the Glebe Coroner's Court. One fragment struck a major blood vessel and she quickly lost consciousness, he said.
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The inquest will examine Monis' mental health, his motivations for the attack and what — if any — terrorist associations he had.
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Separately, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has ordered a sweeping government review of the siege and the events leading up to it. The review, expected to be released in the next week or two, will examine why Monis was out on bail despite facing a string of violent charges, including 40 counts of sexual assault and accessory to murder in the slaying of his ex-wife.
The review will also address how Monis — who didn't have a gun license — obtained a pump-action shotgun despite Australia's strict gun laws.
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They don’t have frangible ammo in Kangarooland?
Gee, I think he got the shotgun from, gasp... A Criminal! Seriously though, somebody did completely drop the ball on why he was walking the streets in the first place.
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I’m not normally sympathetic to police excuses when innocents get hit, but this sounds like a genuine freak accident. Tragic, but I’m not sure what they could have done differently.
He is perfectly normal for what he is!
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