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Watch: Small New South Wales town in lockdown as man armed with machete takes to hotel roof

November 21, 2017

A small town is on lockdown in New South Wales, Australia, as a man armed with a machete is refusing to come down from the roof of a local pub.

Video obtained by Australia's 9 NEWS shows the man walking on top of the Locomotive Hotel in the small town of Junee.

The man had earlier barricaded himself inside the hotel before making his way to the roof.

Police were called to the scene around 10am this morning (local time) and 9 NEWS reports a heavy police presence remains at the scene.

The man's motives have yet to be revealed.

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