Aussie police end six-hour seige

BRISBANE: Australian police ended a tense standoff with two armed men in Brisbane yesterday, more than six hours after they barricaded themselves inside an apartment in Auchenflower and fired a shot at officers.

As reported by Australian news portal news.com.au, the siege ended just before 5pm and the two men, aged 33 and 29 were arrested and taken into custody.

Inspector Tony Ridge told reporters that officers were at the Chasely Apartment Hotel on Coronation Drive at around 11am to investigate property offences when the two men and their guns were discovered.

“When our Special Emergency Response Team officers were gaining entry to the unit a shot was fired and the two male offenders barricaded themselves inside a unit.”

The police negotiated with the duo and a major police operation took place with streets and one of the city’s major thoroughfares cordoned off causing traffic chaos.

— Reuters photo Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) police officers can be seen on the roof and inside an apartment at a unit block in the area known as Auchenflower in central Brisbane where two men barricaded themselves.