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Investigating 'Digital Footprint' of Man Responsible for Sydney Cafe Tragedy

New details have emerged after a tense and scary scene in an Australian cafe on Monday.

A man entered the Lindt Chocolate Cafe in Sydney, Australia's most populous city, and held more than a dozen people hostage for 16 hours. The standoff ended with three fatalities, including the gunman.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott called the man an extremist who "had a long history of violent crime". An extremist is a person who holds extreme political or religious views, especially one who advocates illegal or violent action.

As law enforcement investigates the events that led to the situation in Sydney, Laurie Segall takes a look at the footprints left on the internet by Haron Monis, the man said to be responsible.

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