Shoot-to-kill: Police get new powers to combat ‘cowardly, evil acts’, page-5

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    Correct and saying the new law could have changed the Lindt cafe shooting outcome is hog wash here is the testimony from the Marksman who did the shot it was not because he was not allowed it was because he was concerned about hitting other hostages :

    Sierra 3-3 said he was not confident he could hit the target without risk to the remaining hostages and that was ultimately why he didn’t fire.
    “At the end of the day it wasn’t an option both for justification reasons and ... not knowing what was behind him,” he told the inquest.
    “I was quietly confident it was him but not 100 per cent. He wasn’t posing a threat to anyone at that tim
 
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