Nine-hour Mildura standoff for police, firefighters, ambulance

Sarah Harman

POLICE and emergency services have endured nine hours of negotiations during a standoff with a man who was holed up in the roof of a Mildura house. Superintendent John O’Connor said the ordeal began about 2.30pm on Thursday when Mildura police, firefighters, SES members and paramedics were called to a Patterson Avenue home. “A male […]

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