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December 30th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda A 32-year-old man who fired shots at police after an armed robbery has been arrested in a tense standoff with police in Sydney’s inner west.
His alleged accomplice, a 27-year-old man who was armed with a hammer, was arrested at the Alfred Hotel on Missenden Road in Camperdown shortly after 1am (AEDT) on Friday.
Assistant Commissioner Mark Murdoch said the older man ran from the hotel down nearby Dunblane Street before scaling a fence at the Chinese consulate.
Police allege he fired several shots as police pursued him down the street.
He was not arrested until shortly before 7am (AEDT) at a nearby building, after a scuffle with police.
The man was taken by ambulance to nearby Royal Prince Alfred Hospital to be treated for minor injuries, which were sustained when he scaled the consulate fence.
Police have closed parts of Church Street and Missenden Road, blocked off the front entrance of the hospital.
About 60 police were sent to the scene.
Mr Murdoch said that when police arrived, one man was seen leaving the hotel before the other man was chased on foot.
“The second man ran from police,” he said.
“During the course of that pursuit, shots were fired. Police continued their pursuit of the male who scaled a fence of the nearby premises. Those premises were then secured by police,” Mr Murdoch said.
“A police search continued for the next five hours, from about 1.30am.
“During the course of that search, police located a hammer and a firearm, which were allegedly used in the commission of the armed robbery in the hotel area.”
The first man arrested was taken to Newtown police station where he remained in custody and was being questioned by police on Friday morning, while the other man was still in hospital.
“We believe that when he climbed the fence of the Chinese consulate in Dunblane Street, he injured himself whilst going over the fence.”
Police had fired shots, Mr Murdoch said.
“How many shots were fired and who fired them is still a matter for investigation.
“The man did get inside the consulate grounds. Police were able to make contact with the consulate officials who rendered every assistance to police, giving them access so that we could search the compound for the offender.”
The first man had been arrested without any problems but the second arrest shortly before 7am (AEDT) was more dramatic, he said.
“There was a level of confrontation involved in that arrest but he wasn’t injured as a consequence of his arrest,” he explained, adding there were no injuries to police.
Both men were previously known to police but Mr Murdoch declined to say whether either of them had been were involved in previous armed robberies in the area.
The men had not been charged at the time of the police media conference at 8.30am (AEDT).
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