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Police Bullet Fragment Killed 'Sydney Siege' Hostage, Probe Finds

One of the hostages held during a siege at an Australian cafe last month was killed by a ricochet of at least one police bullet that also injured three other hostages, a inquest into the deaths was told Thursday. Jeremy Gormly, counsel assisting the New South Wales state coroner, said lawyer Katrina Dawson, 38, was hit by six fragments of a police bullet, or bullets, with one striking a major blood vessel. "She lost consciousness quickly and died shortly afterwards,''...

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