A man armed with an axe and a knife was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday after allegedly ramming a vehicle repeatedly into a home in Altcar Park, Derry, during what police described as a “terrifying ordeal.”
Police said they received a report of an ongoing incident in Altcar Park, at around 2.40am on Tuesday, April 7.
A spokesperson for the PSNI said when officers arrived at the scene, they found a man armed with an axe was deliberately driving a vehicle into a residential property.
Superintendent Claire Hamilton said: “Officers deployed incapacitant spray twice in an effort to halt the man’s violent actions; however he produced an additional knife and continued to ram the property with his vehicle.
“Extensive damage was caused to the property and a nearby vehicle. Thankfully, although they were very shaken by their terrifying ordeal, the four occupants of the property were brought to safety by officers and are otherwise uninjured.
“Following prolonged negotiations, in order to mitigate the risk to the public and the man himself, officers discharged an attenuating energy projectile (AEP) which struck the man in the leg.