Sydney siege hostage killed by police bullet ricochet

Sydney, Jan 29: One of the two hostages who died during the siege of a cafe in Sydney Dec 15 fell to police bullets that ricocheted from hard surfaces into her body, one of the investigators of the incident said Thursday. Katrina Dawson, a 38-year-old lawyer and mother of three, and cafe manager Tori Johnson, 34, lost their lives when the cafe was besieged by self-proclaimed cleric from Iran, Haron Monis. "Ms. Dawson was struck by six fragments of a police bullet or bullets," said Jeremy Gormly, counsel assisting the New South Wales state coroner in the investigations. The spokesperson also said that Johnson was killed by Monis with a shot to the head.