Hostages are being made to stand at windows 2 hours at a time and they are rotated - given the position he's chosen and his organising of the hostages in that way, he had/has a definate plan IMO
Earlier on Ch 7 their security expert said it would be hard to obtain an ISIS flag in Australia which is why he used the generic flag. This suggests that he is a lone wolf responding to ISIS' call for Jihadists to carry out attacks in Australia. We have seen similar low-tech high-impact attacks in Canada and the U.S. in the last few months.
From Ch 7:
The hostage taker claims to be a member of ISIS (as per social media postings by hostages )
Does anyone know where on SM it's being posted?
I hear a lot of dogs barking? Police dogs? Please don't let them get hurt.
Did they say if you have business around the city go ahead and carry out your plans. Yikes!
At one point the policeman was pointing the gun right at the camera... Why? I thought the cafe was in the opposite direction.
Using the hostages SM - I haven't found any yet.....still looking
Using the hostages SM - I haven't found any yet.....still looking
According to Ch 7 the presence of LE and EMS is growing which suggests that they are preparing to take action. The security expert suggested that LE probably waiting until nighttime when they will have a tactical advantage. I suspect that as soon as it becomes dark LE will cut power to the building and surrounding area and storm the cafe using night-vision.