Man charged after police gun 'unintentionally' fired in dramatic arrest

A 41-year-old Victorian man has been charged complete an incident that allegedly led to a constabulary officer's weapon "unintentionally" being fired adjacent a cafe astatine Sydney Airport. 

An hose reported that a man was acting suspiciously astatine nan T2 Terminal check-in counters, extracurricular gross 49, astir 6am today.

Australian Federal Police alleged nan man became verbally and physically fierce pinch 2 responding officers.

They allegedly tried to subdue him erstwhile a NSW Police serviceman and a retired NSW Police serviceman who were waiting to alert to Townsville, stepped successful to help.

"We saw this chap struggling pinch nan 2 AFP officers. It's gone to nan ground," retired serviceman William told 2GB.

As nan man was being arrested, a federal constabulary officer's weapon was discharged and deed nan wall of a adjacent cafe wherever unit members were working.

"The AFP officer's agelong firearm has gone to nan crushed and was underneath nan chap arsenic we went to restrain him. The changeable has been discharged," William said.

"The AFP firearm was unintentionally discharged."

Images show a national serviceman during nan struggle moving nan weapon distant retired of reach.

Vision obtained by 2GB shows 1 serviceman sorting retired nan weapon while others clasp down nan man. 

AFP Acting Commander Scott Raven told reporters this day nan weapon had been unintentionally discharged, but refused to divulge immoderate much specifications connected nan incident.

"The circumstances of really nan firearm, which was a short-barrelled rifle, was discharged and is now taxable to an soul investigation," he said.

"Thankfully, location were nary injuries arsenic a consequence of nan incident."

Raven said he will look into nan procedures and practices of really national officers transportation their firearms, but stood by nan officers' conduct.

"All our AFP officers are professional, highly trained and skilled officers, and arsenic portion of their duties present astatine each our airports, we person a counter-terrorism first consequence and that includes carrying short-barrelled firearms," he said. 

The man was taken to Mascot Police Station, wherever he was charged pinch creating a disturbance astatine an airdrome and obstructing/hindering/intimidating/resisting a Commonwealth official.

He was granted conditional bail and will look astatine Downing Centre Local Court connected September 1. 

Raven said nan man had besides allegedly behaved poorly astatine nan airdrome yesterday.

"We had dealt pinch him yesterday successful narration to a number of things astir his behaviour, and he near nan airport," he said.

A crime segment was established and an investigation into nan incident is nether way.

Passengers are advised that location is nary ongoing consequence to nan nationalist and nan business has been resolved.

A Sydney Airport spokesperson said nan airdrome is operating normally. 

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