To helter betalte med sine liv på Lindt cafe tirsdag: Katrina Dawson og Tori Johnson. Johnson var leder og forsøkte å rive våpenet fra Man Monis da han begynte å skyte mot gisler som flyktet.

Johnson was shot trying to take the gunman’s weapon and died later in hospital.

Barrister Katrina Dawson was also killed while shielding her pregnant friend and four others were injured.

After hearing the gunfire, commandos stormed the café killing Monis and freeing the remaining hostages.

Johnson was in a long-term relationship with his partner of 14 years, Thomas Zinn, who is being comforted with the deceased’s family at the couple’s home in Redfern.

‘Police in Sydney have now confirmed to local media that the Lindt Cafe manager Tori Johnson died when he attacked the gunman, trying to wrest his shotgun away. This action almost certainly saved many lives,’ said Don Baxter, adviser for international programs at the Australian Federation of AIDS Organizations.

‘Gay Australians are comparing Tori’s actions with those of Mark Bingham, who led the attack on the 9/11 plane heading towards Washington, bringing it down and thereby avoiding many more deaths.’

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