News National Pictures tell the deadly story 7:03am, Dec 16, 2014 Updated: 9:33am, Dec 16 Pictures tell the deadly story Ebony Bowden Journalist @ebonybowden Share Twitter Facebook Reddit Pinterest Email Heavily armed police storm the Lindt Cafe on December 16. Police fit a paramedic with a bulletproof vest. Heavily armed police outside the site. A heavily armed officer after the gunfire exchange. Police storming the hostage site. Police and paramedics wait while police storm the cafe. Bomb squad, police and paramedics at the site. Hostages flee from the cafe in the early hours of the Tuesday morning. A hostage flees the site. A hostage collapses after escaping. Paramedics rush to the aid of hostages. Police escort a hostage (second from right) with the help of a paramedic. A injured hostage is carried down Martin Place. Paramedics and police carry an injured hostage to safety. An injured woman is carried from the scene. An injured hostage is helped by paramedics. Paramedics rush an injured hostage to a waiting ambulance. Paramedics with an injured hostage. A bomb detection robot outside the hostage site. A hostage flees the site with heavily armed police. Bomb squad police outside the cafe. A bomb squad member in the cafe following the siege. A bomb squad member in the cafe following the siege.