Siege ends peacefully
Koonwarra siege: police, CFA members and paramedics were called to a siege on Tuesday afternoon.
POLICE are surprised that a patient managed to escape from the Latrobe Regional Hospital’s psychiatric ward at Traralgon.
The man held police at bay for five hours at a property in Stockdales Road, Koonwarra, yesterday (Tuesday).
Local police arrived around 2.30pm and the 38-year-old man threatened police with a machete and chainsaw.
The address was then cordoned off and the Specialist Critical Incident Response Team, extra local police, the dog squad and negotiators were called in.
The man indicated to police that he had also doused himself in petrol.
Negotiations continued until 7.40pm when the man peacefully surrendered and was returned to the psychiatric ward for treatment. There were no injuries to the man or police.
The man will be interviewed by police regarding the serious offences of assault at a later date.
Police were well supported by local CFA, SES and paramedics, as well as Korumburra mental health services personnel to help with negotiations.
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