WA:Man involved in standoff taken to hospital

AAP General News (Australia)
04-23-2011
WA:Man involved in standoff taken to hospital

Police in Perth say an injured man's been taken to hospital by ambulance .. after a
raid on an inner city house by Tactical Response Group officers following a seven hour
siege.

Officers had been trying to negotiate with the man using a loud hailer since around
9.40am (WST) when a shot or shots were reported at the Northbridge house .. believed to
be vacant at the time.

Police had closed off several streets in the busy entertainment and shopping district
while the siege was underway.

A police spokeswoman has told AAP after the raid .. it's unclear how the man was injured
or why he'd acted as he did.

AAP RTV ldj/tm

KEYWORD: STANDOFF (PERTH)

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