Qld: Gold Coast police zap 20-year-old armed man with taser gun

AAP General News (Australia)
12-01-2007
Qld: Gold Coast police zap 20-year-old armed man with taser gun

BRISBANE, Dec 1 AAP - Police used a taser gun to shoot a man who was reportedly seen
armed with a knife inside the lift of a Gold Coast hotel.

Police were called to the Chevron Renaissance Hotel on Ferny Avenue, Surfers Paradise
about 9.45pm (AEST) yesterday after guests reported seeing the 20-year-old man with a
knife inside the elevator.

The man was shot by the taser inside his hotel room after refusing to comply with police
directions.

Police said he was arrested "without injury" and charged with going armed in public
so as to cause fear.

He was bailed to appear in Townsville Magistrates Court on December 14.

Queensland Police are currently trialing use of the non-lethal taser guns, with the
full support of the Opposition which has called for a roll out the devices across the
state as soon as possible.

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KEYWORD: TASER

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