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Current events of December 15, 2014 (2014-12-15) (Monday)

2014 Indonesia landslide
- The death toll of the landslide rises to 56. (AP via Fox News)
A fire at a karaoke bar in China's Henan province kills at least 11 people. (IANS via The Hindu)
At least three people were killed and one was seriously injured after an emercency rescue SMURD helicopter crashes into Lake Siutghiol, Constanţa County, Romania. (ABC)

2014 Sydney hostage crisis
- A gunman takes an unknown number of people hostage at Lindt Chocolate Café in Martin Place, Sydney. (BBC) (ABC) (Melbourne Herald-Sun)
- The hostage situation ends with the gunman and two hostages dead and four others injured. (CNN) (ABC Australia)
The story about four suspected armed men entering an apartment in Ghent, Belgium was invented by the person who contacted the police. (de Standaard newspaper) (Fox News) (Brussels Times)
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania shootings
- A shooting spree kills at least five people throughout Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. (WPVI-TV)
Heien v. North Carolina
- The Supreme Court rules by 8–1 vote that an evidence seized on a traffic stop can be used based on a reasonable misinterpretation of the law. (Wall Street Journal)