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| Man arrested after reported attack on Sydney police station | |
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| A man has been arrested after a reported attack on Merrylands police station in western Sydney. | |
| According to reports a car was driven into the underground carpark of the police station. | According to reports a car was driven into the underground carpark of the police station. |
| Police said the incident occurred about 7pm and the man was arrested an hour later. | |
| Officers from the rescue and bomb disposal unit were examining the car, a police statement said. | |
| Two witnesses told Guardian Australia the police had blocked off Merrylands Road, and there was a strong burning smell from the area. | |
| Rafi Younes, the chief executive of Merrylands Century 21 real estate agency, said: “All the roads are blocked so the police wouldn’t let anybody go close. We’ve been told to close the shops and leave the area.” | |
| Younes and his colleague Leonardo De La Vega said they had been told a man drove into the police station. | |
| They said they had been told by witnesses there was subsequently an explosion, but it was unclear what caused it. | |
| “So they had riot police and ambulance outside the street,” De La Vega said. | |
| “You could smell something was burning, you could smell it burning.” | |
| The ABC reported a man had suffered burns in the incident. The police statement said no members of the public or police were hurt in the incident. |