AN armed robber involved in a five hour stand-off with police in Sydney’s inner west this morning has been treated in hospital for minor injuries.
Assistant Commissioner Mark Murdoch says the man fired shots at police before injuring himself as he climbed a fence of the Chinese consulate in Camperdown.
The drama began when two men, aged 27 and 32, tried unsuccessfully to rob the Alfred Hotel on Missenden Road shortly before 1.30 (AEDT) this morning.
The younger man, who was armed with a hammer, was arrested as he tried to leave the hotel.
But the second man ran from police down nearby Dunblane Street, sparking a five-hour standoff that led to the partial closure of residential streets near Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
The men, who were previously known to police, are yet to be formally charged.
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