Wacko Aussie samurai arrested...

Man arrested after samurai sword stand-off

Thursday, 10 July 2003

On the New South Wales north coast, police have arrested a man at Ocean Shores near Byron Bay after he held them at bay for more than two hours in a local street today.

The man was armed with a samurai sword and two knives. He threatened police who had gone to a house after a woman had been assaulted. The man then wandered along local streets threatening police with the sword. The area was sealed off. Officers from the State Protection Support Group and negotiators were called in.

Capsicum spray was used to subdue the man. He was disarmed and taken into custody. Police say no one was injured during the incident.

http://www.abc.net.au/northcoast/news/200307/s898990.htm

He may have had a sword, but was he a martial artist ?

Those wacky Australians.