Police taser boy suffering mental disorder

News.com.au Thursday 1st September, 2011

The boy, who was reportedly diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome which manifested itself in bouts of severe paranoia, was allegedly armed with a meat cleavers, an axe and knives when police were called to his Brisbane St home around 2.10pm.Police were forced to disarm the boy with a taser and he was taken to the Royal Brisbane Hospital for medical tre...

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