Man with knife barricades himself into bedroom

Gardaí were involved in a near four-hour standoff with a man armed with a knife who barricaded himself into a bedroom in an apartment in a Co Cork town.

Man with knife barricades himself into bedroom

The incident was sparked when gardaí arrived at the apartment off the Bailick Rd in Midleton shortly after 8am yesterday, to serve a bench warrant on a man who is described as a foreign national.

Superintendent John Quilter said when gardaí arrived they were threatened by the man, who then barricaded himself into a bedroom. Unknown to gardaí at the time, he was armed with a knife.

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