- Armed police swarmed outside an office in Canberra during a three-hour siege
- Area was shut down 11am to 2pm and police negotiated with at least one person
- No one was injured and no arrests made and police said an ‘object’ was found
- Details are shrouded in mystery with police refusing to give out information
Dozens of heavily-armed police swarmed outside an office in Canberra during a mysterious three-hour siege.
Officers negotiated with at least one person, believed to be the owner of the Canturf building in Fyshwick, blocking off surrounding streets between 11am and 2pm.
But details of the siege remained shrouded in mystery with police refusing to give out much information about what happened.
Dozens of heavily-armed police swarmed outside an office in Canberra during a mysterious three-hour siege
Officers negotiated with at least one person, believed to be the owner of the Canturf building in Fyshwick, blocking off surrounding streets between 11am and 2pm
No one was injured and no arrests made, and police said an ‘object’ was found and investigations opened, according to the Canberra Times.
How many people were involved or whether they were armed was not made clear either, but most divisions of ACT Police were involved in the situation.
Reports of people on the premises for came in about 11am and several police cars and an ambulance rushed to the scene.
But details of the siege remained shrouded in mystery with police refusing to give out much information about what happened
No one was injured and no arrests made, and police said an ‘object’ was found and investigations opened
How many people were involved or whether they were armed was not made clear either, but most divisions of ACT Police were involved in the situation
A drone was deployed to check out the situation about 11.30am and tactical officers armed with automatic weapons arrived an hour later.
About 12.45pm police began negotiating thorough a loudspeaker and by 2pm the situation was over, though it was not clear why or how.
‘We had things under control, we had police resources in place and at no time was any member of the community put in any danger,’ ACT Police said.
About 12.45pm police began negotiating thorough a loudspeaker and by 2pm the situation was over, though it was not clear why or how