Australian police shoot armed man dead at station

MELBOURNE, Australia

A man armed with a knife was shot dead by Australian police Tuesday at a police station in west Sydney in an incident not believed to be terror-related.
The man, believed to be in his 40s, was shot once by a sergeant after reportedly threatening police with a large kitchen knife at the Quakers Hill police station, the Australian Associated Press reported.
Denis Clifford, assistant commissioner, said that a confrontation had taken place between the man and the sergeant with 24 years of experience at the station’s foyer.
"There was a shot fired by the sergeant that struck the man,” local media quoted him as saying.
"I can say that a large knife has been located at the scene and obviously that will be part of the investigation and the crime scene unit are on the scene now to try and piece together what occurred," he added.
He said that authorities have "no idea" what had been the motive of the man, who has yet to be identified.
"There is no indication that this is terrorist-related but why the man came there and why the confrontation occurred, at this stage we just don't know," he added.
A critical incident investigation into the occurrence – in which no other person sustained injuries – is ongoing.
Paramedics responding to shooting had failed to revive the knife-wielding man.
Fairfax Media reported that he had been “screaming incomprehensibly” at the time of the confrontation.