#BREAKING: It appears 3 hostages has run out of the Lindt Cafe in Sydney siege. More to come: http://t.co/GjzokTJBR4
— Herald Sun (@theheraldsun) December 15, 2014
#BREAKING Reports two customers and an employee have escaped the #SydneySiege http://t.co/fSLeobzxHh
— The Daily Telegraph (@dailytelegraph) December 15, 2014
Numbers on how many hostages being held has varied between 13 and as high as 50, with up to two hostage takers reported.
Update:
#BREAKING: Two more hostages have been seen running from the Lindt cafe. #SydneySiege
— smh.com.au (@smh) December 15, 2014
The latest two were women, the first three men. At least three appear to have been employees.