Canberra Hospital kills accused charged with attempted murder

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July 19, 2018 09:39:06

A 26-year-old man allegedly fired a rifle from a policeman on the roof of Canberra Hospital was charged with two counts of charge of attempted murder.

The man was under police surveillance on an emergency basis after being arrested for serious traffic offenses when he took the weapon and unloaded it before he was arrested. being disarmed and restrained with a Taser gun

Police said that the man from Chisolm had badaulted police officers.

In addition to the two counts of attempted murder, he was charged with unloading a life – threatening firearm, badaulting him, attempting to commit suicide. escape, two counts of guilty conduct causing serious injury. bodily injury, attempted robbery, driving a car without consent and driving without a license

ACT Acting Superintendent of Police, Marcus Boorman, said yesterday that incidents of this kind were "disturbing" and that they would "review […] all proceedings [their]" .

"The preliminary badessment indicates that there are no problems of misconduct arising from the actions of the police during this incident," said a police officer of the 39; ACT.

No member of the public or hospital staff was injured Angela Smith, president of the Australian Federal Police Association, said that she thought society was becoming more violent and the threats to the agents had changed

"We train for these things when we do our operational safety training." she told ABC radio.

"You hope this will never happen, but yesterday was an example of when it does."

"I think things have gotten worse over the years."

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