Man armed with bow and arrow shot dead by police northwest of Sydney


- Demonstrative photo: ABC News

SYDNEY: (Bernama-Xinhua) -- A man armed with a bow and arrow has died after being shot by police northwest of Sydney on Friday (Jan 16) afternoon, reported Xinhua.

The police force in the state of New South Wales (NSW) said in a statement that officers were called around 1.40 pm local time on Friday to conduct a welfare check in the small town of Gunnedah, over 300 kilometres northwest of Sydney.

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