A man was charged with attempted murder in Australia after allegedly stealing a bulldozer, crushing four cars and then driving the machine through a house on June 8, 2015.
Sydney:
A man was charged with attempted murder in Australia today after allegedly stealing a bulldozer, crushing four cars and then driving the machine through a house.
Police were called to the home in Teralba, 143 kilometres (89 miles) north of Sydney, early today after the 48-year-old flattened the cars then turned his attention to a 29-year-old man, it was claimed.
He gave up that pursuit and instead rammed the bulldozer through the house, destroying it.
Three people inside, a 56-year-old woman and her two daughters aged 15 and 20, managed to flee with the help of a neighbour and escaped injury.
Police were forced to smash a window of the bulldozer and pepper-spray the man before hitting the emergency shutdown button to stop the rampage.
"The 48-year-old man is known to the family," New South Wales police said in a statement, adding that he had been charged with attempted murder.
His motive was not known although the Sydney Morning Herald said he also faced a charge of breaching a court order imposed against him to protect one of the females living in the home.
Police were called to the home in Teralba, 143 kilometres (89 miles) north of Sydney, early today after the 48-year-old flattened the cars then turned his attention to a 29-year-old man, it was claimed.
He gave up that pursuit and instead rammed the bulldozer through the house, destroying it.
Three people inside, a 56-year-old woman and her two daughters aged 15 and 20, managed to flee with the help of a neighbour and escaped injury.
Police were forced to smash a window of the bulldozer and pepper-spray the man before hitting the emergency shutdown button to stop the rampage.
"The 48-year-old man is known to the family," New South Wales police said in a statement, adding that he had been charged with attempted murder.
His motive was not known although the Sydney Morning Herald said he also faced a charge of breaching a court order imposed against him to protect one of the females living in the home.
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