Armed man arrested after Melbourne's Little Ipoh siege


An unidentified man, who charged at police with a meat cleaver, is holed up on the first floor of a restaurant in Melbourne, Australia. - EPA.

PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian restaurant in Melbourne became the scene of a dramatic two-hour siege by an armed man on Tuesday. 

The Daily Mail reported that Melbourne police were called to the Little Ipoh restaurant located at the corner of Latrobe and Queen Street at 10am local time. 

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