3 teenagers arrested after Sydney shooting


SYDNEY, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Sydney police have arrested three teenagers after gunshots were fired at a home in the city's western suburbs in the early hours of Friday.

A police statement said that officers were called to reports of a shooting in Lansvale, 23 km west of central Sydney, around 12:35 a.m. on Friday and arrived to find multiple shots had been fired at a house.

Three people who were inside the house at the time, two men aged 23 and 21 and a 59-year-old woman, were uninjured.

A short time after the shooting, police pulled over a sedan nearby and allegedly located a firearm and a balaclava during a search.

Two males aged 17 and 18 and a 17-year-old girl were arrested and taken to a nearby police station.

Police said that inquiries into the incident were ongoing and asked for anyone with information to come forward.

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