ACT Policing has responded to an incident that occurred at Parliament House this afternoon (Thursday, 8 January 2015).
Around 12:30pm, ACT Policing and AFP Protection Services Officers attended to a man who was observed to be armed with a knife.
Attending officers began a de-escalation negotiation process with the man.
During the de-escalation negotiation process, the man was tasered as he failed to relinquish the knife. The man has been taken into custody.
There are no national security concerns regarding this incident.
The post Man with knife tasered at Parliament House appeared first on Canberra CityNews.