Townsville suburb under lockdown as police respond to armed siege

Townsville suburb under lockdown as police respond to armed siege

Officers made the emergency declaration, below the Public Safety Preservation Act (PSPA), simply earlier than 9pm final night time, with the state of affairs believed to be persevering with on Monday morning.

It’s unclear at this stage whether or not the pictures fired have come from police or the suspected gunman.

Boundaries have been arrange round Dalrymple Road, Kern Brothers Drive, Sandstone Drive, and Golf Links Drive in Kirwan.

Residents throughout the exclusion space have been instructed stay indoors with doorways locked, with police additionally requesting these outdoors the zone to remain there, together with preserving any plane landed.

Source: www.9news.com.au