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A Canberra man will face court after allegedly barricading himself and a woman inside his home for six hours during a tense police stand off with a sword, flamethrower and whipper snipper.
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A Canberra man will face court after allegedly barricading himself and a woman inside his home for six hours during a tense police stand off with a sword, flamethrower and whipper snipper .

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