Deadly Lindt Siege Remembered—10 Years On

A window of Lindt Cafe in Martin Place is covered with plastic in Sydney, Australia, on Dec. 17, 2014. Joosep Martinson/Getty Images

A decade ago, a man with a gun in his backpack walked into Sydney’s Lindt Cafe, sat down at a table and ordered a slice of chocolate cheesecake.

Sixteen hours later, he and two of his hostages would be killed after a deadly shootout that was broadcast into living rooms across the nation.