September 22, 2010
A 36-year-old man is in custody this morning after police surrounded his Quinns Rocks home during a siege last night.
Police, including officers from the Tactical Response Group, were called to the house in Mokutu Court about 7.30pm after the man barricaded himself inside during a domestic dispute.
Negotiators tried to get the man to give himself up but officers eventually stormed the property after the man set fire to one of the bedrooms.
A police spokesman said when they entered the house the man allegedly attacked them with a machete.
An accelerant had been spread throughout the home.
The man was taken to Joondalup Hospital.
About $15,000 damage was caused to the house.
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