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People are angry at Sydney's Daily Telegraph over this front page

In the tenth hour of Sydney's siege, police chiefs have not yet confirmed the incident is terrorist related.

Two people inside the cafe were earlier seen holding up a flag with an Islamic declaration of faith that has often been used by extremists, raising fears that a terrorist incident was playing out in the heart of Australia's biggest city - but the flag is not one that has been used by the terrorist group sometimes known as the Islamic State (IS).

That did not stop Sydney's Daily Telegraph rushing out this front page at 2pm Australian time (3am in Britain) blaming "IS" for the seige.

People were, unsurprisingly, not that happy.

Via Reddit

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