Episode
60 Minutes Australia: The sniper
Overview
A 60 MINUTES Exclusive: The police sniper who saw everything at the Lindt Café siege in Sydney tells Liz Hayes why he didn't pull the trigger to shoot the terrorist who'd taken 18 innocent hostages, & the regret he's lived with ever since. English
Details
- Series
- 60 Minutes Australia
- Season
- Season 2019
- Episode
- Episode 33
- Air date
- 2019-09-29
Episode context
The sniper is Episode 33 in Season 2019 of 60 Minutes Australia. It aired on 2019-09-29.
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