NEW DELHI: Police say a hostage situation in Sydney is over after a swarm of heavily armed police stormed a downtown cafe where a gunman had been holding an unknown number of people.
According to TV reports, Infosys employee, Viswakanth Ankireddy, has also been safely evacuated from the cafe. He is a resident of Guntur in Andhra Pradesh.
A police spokesman confirmed "the operation is over" early on Tuesday.
Police swooped into the Lindt Chocolat Cafe shortly after five or six hostages were seen running out of the building.
According to TV reports, Infosys employee, Viswakanth Ankireddy, has also been safely evacuated from the cafe. He is a resident of Guntur in Andhra Pradesh.
The father of Vishwakant Ankireddy (who is in his mid- 30s), currently employed with IT major Infosys, today said his son has been working in Australia for the past seven years.
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