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One dead as home invaders clash with swordsman
Josey1
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- NATIONAL One dead as home invaders clash with swordsman A man may face charges after using a samurai sword to fight off a gang of intruders in his Adelaide home, killing one and seriously injuring another. Police have questioned the 27-year-old man, who was also injured, but today had not decided whether his actions were reasonable in the circumstances. Police said four to six people armed with sticks, iron bars and possibly a knife broke into the Devon Park house just after midnight last night, attacked the occupant and demanded money and drugs. A fight broke out and one of the intruders suffered two stab wounds to the chest. He was later found dead in a hallway. Responding to calls from neighbours, uniformed officers arrested two more men nearby and charged them with aggravated serious criminal trespass, property damage and assault occasioning actual * harm. Superintendent Tony Rankine said they were still searching for at least one other person whom they believed was seriously injured. They said the amount of blood at the scene of the break-in indicated the injured person may be unconscious, and said patrols were checking nearby homes and hospitals. Clothes were believed to have been stolen from a backyard clothesline in an apparent attempt to stem the flow of blood. "It would appear an artery has been severed by the amount of blood," Superintendent Rankine said. The dead man was known to police but they were awaiting official confirmation of his identity. He was aged in his early 20s, as were his accomplices. Police remained unsure if just four people were involved in the break-in but said it was possible there were as many as six. The occupant of the home was treated in hospital for unspecified head and body injuries and was then detained by police for questioning. Superintendent Rankine said it was too early to say if or what charges he might face, but they were liaising with the South Australian Director of Public Prosecutions before completing their inquiries. "We'll be in consultation with the department of public prosecutions during the day and also the Major Crime Investigation Section and we'll take appropriate action once we complete our inquiries," he said. "If there is a need to lay charges then that will occur. "But at this stage it's too early to predict what the outcome will be." He declined to comment on whether or not police believed the man's actions to be reasonable in the circumstances. "That's a matter that needs to be looked at probably after the inquiries are completed," he said. The two intruders arrested by police were expected to appear in court later today. Police said nothing was taken during the break-in and no drugs were found in the house. A search of a business premises adjacent to the house was still to be conducted. AAP http://www.smh.com.au/news/0110/17/national/national111.html
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