A man has told how he came face-to-face with the gunman who is holding hostages at a cafe in Australia.
The unnamed man said he noticed a woman trying to get into the locked cafe several times, and investigated further.
He said: "I was looking in there wondering why she didn't go somewhere else for her coffee after being told 'no, you're not going inside'.
"Then the gunman opened a bag up and revealed a gun to her to get rid of her.
"She went running down the stairs saying 'gun gun gun, gun in the blue bag.
"I saw the gunman, he was quite tall, maybe late 40s, long white-sleeved shirt on with a black vest. He was calm, he was pacing.
"I could still see customers sat down at their tables, they were locked in and they were aware they were locked in."
Journalist Chris Kerry who was in the cafe moments before the hostage situation began said things unfolded very quickly.
He said: "I was in the cafe to get a takeaway coffee, then I sat outside to chat on the phone.
"In the few minutes I was on the phone, this unfolded. I don't know whether the gunman was in there while I was in the cafe, or went in a minute or two afterwards.
"Either way, this unfolded very quickly, and inside that cafe there was no hint - people were sitting over coffee going about their normal business."
Another man told reporters that people initially thought it was an armed robbery: "I walked up to the door, everyone was sitting down and the door was locked which is pretty weird because it's never locked.
"There was one guy in a hat and a beard walking around, and another guy told me it was armed robbery and that's when the police showed up and cordoned off the whole area, and then that's when everyone inside put their arms against the window."
A Lindt store staff member said: "I was on the way to work this morning when I was trying to get inside and customers were waiting outside, no-one knew what was going on.
"There were closed signs all around the place and basically a woman just shouted out 'he has a gun' and everyone just started running away like crazy."
Abby Hempfling, who works in a nearby office, said: "It was too close for comfort. It's been an anxiety-filled day.
"I'm glad to be home safely now but feel for the people inside that building.
"We were in a Monday morning meeting when someone ran in in a bit of a panic, saying 'ISIS has a hostage across the road, no-one go out'."
A colleague of two of the hostages - Kathryn Chee - said: "The male that was standing there he's such a funny guy, constantly cracking jokes and laughing with the customers when they accidentally drop their food on the floor or anything like that.
"Just to see him standing still – he just didn't move, he was just standing there still as a statue. I've never seen him that still for any amount of time.
"My other colleague – she's such a quiet girl but she's so lovely – she was standing there with her arms up and she was crying and wiping away tears. She looked like she was shaking and it was hard to hold her arms up."
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