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Police bullet fragments killed Sydney cafe siege victim

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People look at the floral tributes left outside the Lindt cafe (rear) in Sydney, Australia, one week after a siege at the cafe which saw two hostages and the gunman killed, on December 22, 2014

Sydney (Australia) (AFP) - One of the two hostages who died in a 16-hour siege at a Sydney cafe in December was killed by ricochets of a police bullet or bullets, an inquest into the deadly stand-off heard Thursday.

Barrister and mother-of-three Katrina Dawson, 38, was killed along with cafe manager Tori Johnson, 34, and gunman Iranian-born Man Haron Monis when police stormed the cafe in Sydney's financial district.

"Ms Dawson was struck by six fragments of a police bullet or bullets which ricocheted from hard surfaces into her body," counsel assisting the coronial inquest, Jeremy Gormly, said.

The inquest confirmed that Johnson was killed by the gunman.

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