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12-27-03, 07:02 AM
Australia.
Knife man shot dead by police
By Andrew Fraser
December 27, 2003
A MAN was gunned down by police in suburban Brisbane yesterday after stabbing four people and terrorising neighbours.
Witnesses said the man, aged about 40, started arguing with neighbours in West End, in Brisbane's inner south, at 4.45am before stabbing a 16-year-old boy who lived in one of the apartments an hour later.
An older man nearby tried to intervene, but was also stabbed. A third person, an elderly lady, came out to see what had happened and was also stabbed.
Her daughter alerted police, who found the man in a nearby street about 10 minutes later, wrestling with a council worker who had a knife wound in his back.
Police used capsicum spray but it failed to stop the man, and when he started walking towards police brandishing the knife two officers opened fire.
Karl Bretton, 29, said he was woken when the stabbed woman's daughter banged on their door. "It's obviously not the best way to wake up in the morning," he said.
His partner, Annette Goulden, rushed next door to comfort the elderly woman before ambulance officers arrived.
All four injured people were in a stable condition late yesterday afternoon.
Both the police and the Crime and Misconduct Commission will investigate the incident, and Queensland Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson said it was important not to pre-judge the circumstances.
"However, it would appear from the information available that the officers' actions were justified and they appear to have acted professionally and responsibly," he said.
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,8261763%255E26462,00.html
Knife man shot dead by police
By Andrew Fraser
December 27, 2003
A MAN was gunned down by police in suburban Brisbane yesterday after stabbing four people and terrorising neighbours.
Witnesses said the man, aged about 40, started arguing with neighbours in West End, in Brisbane's inner south, at 4.45am before stabbing a 16-year-old boy who lived in one of the apartments an hour later.
An older man nearby tried to intervene, but was also stabbed. A third person, an elderly lady, came out to see what had happened and was also stabbed.
Her daughter alerted police, who found the man in a nearby street about 10 minutes later, wrestling with a council worker who had a knife wound in his back.
Police used capsicum spray but it failed to stop the man, and when he started walking towards police brandishing the knife two officers opened fire.
Karl Bretton, 29, said he was woken when the stabbed woman's daughter banged on their door. "It's obviously not the best way to wake up in the morning," he said.
His partner, Annette Goulden, rushed next door to comfort the elderly woman before ambulance officers arrived.
All four injured people were in a stable condition late yesterday afternoon.
Both the police and the Crime and Misconduct Commission will investigate the incident, and Queensland Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson said it was important not to pre-judge the circumstances.
"However, it would appear from the information available that the officers' actions were justified and they appear to have acted professionally and responsibly," he said.
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,8261763%255E26462,00.html