AAP General News (Australia)
12-28-2005
Qld: Man questioned after siege
BRISBANE, Dec 28 AAP - A 33-year-old man was being questioned after barricading himself
for four hours in a Rockhampton flat following a long police pursuit in central Queensland.
The man was also being questioned today over two armed holdups, at a Mobil service
station near Gladstone shortly after 6.05am yesterday and at a fast food outlet at 9pm.
Police said he allegedly threatened staff at a Hungry Jacks restaurant with a firearm
and demanded money before fleeing in a Ford Falcon with a sum of cash.
Officers tried to intercept the car before it sped off with police in pursuit from
Gladstone to Rockhampton.
A police spokesman said a man was later found in Rockhampton where he allegedly barricaded
himself in the roof of a unit at 5am today.
Residents in the unit block were evacuated and the area was cordoned off during negotiations
with the man, who surrendered four hours later.
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KEYWORD: SIEGE
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