Ma Lai Wai Park (Daily Mail)
Police were forced into shoot after a knife man in Sydney attempted to attack a crowd, witnesses said.
According to the Daily Mail, around 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sydney emergency service personnel arrived at Mari Wai Park (Marrickville Park). In Nexi District. A man with a knife held a standoff with police, forcing police officer shoot, but missed the target.
The man was then taken to the new town police station, (Newtown Police Station), before being taken to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, (Royal Prince Alfred Hospital), for evaluation by police arrest.
The incident did not cause any casualties. There was a cricket game in the vicinity of the incident, and there was no interruption.
A number of residents posted on the social networking site Twitter to share their own eyewitness to this amazing event.
A netizen wrote: "I just saw someone in Ma Li Wai Park being shoot!" There were about 10 policemen around him and a group of children around him. "
Another netizen said: "We just drove by and saw a group of policemen holding a man to the ground while a large group of people were picnicking next to us." It`s really weird. "
Police have closed down the incident area and initially determined that the man involved may be suffering from mental illness.
