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To: SiouxPal who wrote (79670)	9/20/2006 11:51:14 AM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 362827

Man armed with nail gun holds off Australian police for six hours: By Shelley Markha September 13, 2006 02:58pm AN armed psychiatric patient fired volleys from a nail gun at police and held them at bay for six hours at a Victorian campsite. Police located the 30-year-old man, from the Melbourne suburb of Blackburn, at the campsite at Big River, 200km north-east of Melbourne, shortly after 11.30am (AEST) yesterday. Acting Senior Sergeant Mark Fabris, from Mansfield police, said officers had begun searching for the man after concerns were raised for his welfare by Eastern Health. "We found him rather quickly ... and because of the report we had from Eastern Health, it was approach with caution," Snr Sgt Fabris said. "As soon as he was approached, he indicated he had the nail gun and that he was going to do (police) or himself harm with that nail gun." Snr Sgt Fabris said the man tried to escape in a car, but it became bogged. He then became aggressive, forcing police to call in negotiators from Mansfield. They also requested the dog squad be flown from Melbourne. Negotiators initiated conversation with the man but he was hard to reason with, Snr Sgt Fabris said. The man fired the nails at two of the police cars, leaving them badly damaged. He also threw a gas cylinder into the camp fire, he said. "We've lost all windows in one vehicle bar the windscreen," Snr Sgt Fabris said. "We've got nails embedded in the bonnet of one car and we've still got a nail embedded in the headlight of another." After six hours, police used capsicum spray and bean bag rounds fired from a special gun to subdue the man. He was taken to Melbourne's Box Hill Hospital for psychiatric assessment. Snr Sgt Fabris said police involved in the incident were back at work but had been left shaken by the incident. Investigations were continuing, and the man was likely to be charged at a later date, he said. news.com.au