Sydney, Australia, Hostage Situation

Sydney Muslim community leader Jamal Rifi, center, and his family members pray at a makeshift memorial after a siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Australia Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his wife Margie prepare to place floral tributes near the cafe in central Sydney, December 16, 2014.

A woman kneels as she lays flowers in a makeshift memorial near the site where a gunman held hostages for 16 hours at a popular Sydney cafe, Australia, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014.

People lay flowers to pay respect to the shooting victims at a makeshift memorial at Martin Place in Sydney's Martin Place, Sydney Australia. Tuesday Dec. 16, 2014.

Three Muslim men pray at the Lindt coffee shop in Sydney's Martin Place, Sydney Australia, Tuesday Dec. 16, 2014.

A woman reacts after placing a floral tribute amongst thousands of others that have been placed near the cafe where hostages were held for over 16 hours, in central Sydney, December 16, 2014.

Employees of the Lindt Cafe pay tribute to colleagues who lost their lives following the shootings, at a makeshift memorial at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney Australia, Tuesday Dec. 16, 2014.

A injured hostage is wheeled to an ambulance after shots were fired during a cafe siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Dec. 16, 2014.

A injured hostage is carried to an ambulance after shots were fired during a cafe siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Dec. 16, 2014.

Hostages run towards armed tactical response police as they run to freedom from a cafe under siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Australia, Dec. 16, 2014.

A hostage runs to armed tactical response police officers for safety after she escaped from a cafe under siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Australia, Monday, Dec. 15, 2014.

A hostage runs toward a police officer outside Lindt cafe, where other hostages are being held, in Martin Place in central Sydney, Australia, Dec. 15, 2014.

This image taken from video shows a man believed to be a gunman inside a cafe in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 15, 2014.

This image taken from video shows people holding up hands inside a cafe in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 15, 2014.

An armed tactical response police officer grabs a hostage as she flees from a cafe under siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Australia, Dec. 15, 2014.

Armed police officers point as they stand at the ready close to a cafe under siege at Martin Place in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 15, 2014.

A woman is assisted as a group of people are evacuated by police from a building next to Lindt cafe in Martin Place, where hostages are being held, in central Sydney, Australia, Dec. 15, 2014.