{"id":129991,"date":"2023-09-11T16:10:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T16:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=129991"},"modified":"2023-09-11T16:10:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T16:10:38","slug":"shock-moment-army-truck-rams-through-police-roadblock-near-royal-marines-base-as-driver-arrested-for-attempted-murder-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/world-news\/shock-moment-army-truck-rams-through-police-roadblock-near-royal-marines-base-as-driver-arrested-for-attempted-murder-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Shock moment Army truck rams through police roadblock near Royal Marines base as driver arrested for 'attempted murder' | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
THIS\u00a0 is the shocking moment an Army truck ploughs through a police roadblock near a Royal Marines base.<\/p>\n
The driver has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and is currently in police custody.<\/p>\n
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Cops attended an address in North Fitzwarren, near Taunton, Somerset at 4.40pm on Sunday, following reports of a man making threats to a person living there.<\/p>\n
When officers arrived, a 41-year-old man left the address in the privately-owned truck which was driven into two police cars.<\/p>\n
Avon and Somerset Police said no one was injured.<\/p>\n
Police said a total of nine vehicles were damaged, including four cop vehicles, some of which were extensively damaged.<\/p>\n
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Having driven through the roadblock, the truck hit a parked car and a signpost.<\/p>\n
The man then drove to the A361 bridge spanning the M5, some six miles away, where he abandoned the vehicle.<\/p>\n
Aircraft from the National Police Air Service (NPAS) were deployed to assist in the search for the driver.<\/p>\n
The man was arrested 25 minutes later on suspicion of attempted murder of police officers and multiple counts of suspicion of criminal damage.<\/p>\n
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