Two people, including the gunman, died, and three were seriously wounded.
Why Australians Responded to the Sydney Hostage Crisis With #IllRideWithYou Tweets
A Twitter campaign called #IllRideWithYou spread across Australia today following news that a gunman, reportedly Muslim, had taken hostages in a Sydney cafe.
Amid the chaos, Australians banned together in hopes of combating “anti-Muslim sentiments” and started a Twitter campaign using #IllRideWithYou.
The hashtag began after an Australian woman named Rachael Jacobs saw a Muslim woman on the train removing her hijab, a veil worn by Muslim women that covers the head and chest. Jacobs told the woman to keep the veil on, and she told the woman she would walk with her.
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