The hostage taker was killed in police assault.

劫持人质者在警方突袭中丧生。

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From the onset of this incident, the hostage-taker seemed to not be belligerent, as shown by the release of hostages.

事件一开始，劫持者看起来并不残暴，这可以从释放人质这一举动看出来。

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Media coverage of his brother being taken into custody further agitated the hostage-taker.

媒体对其弟弟被拘捕的报道进一步激怒了劫持者。

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Ritter, the police spokesman, then announced that the hostage-taker had been killed as shots rang out when authorities entered the home.

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Australians used to see themselves as sturdy pioneers, clearing the bush, rounding up sheep and doing battle with droughts, dingos and dastardly oppressors like the policemen who hunted poor Ned Kelly (never mind that he was a hostage-taker and murderer).

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