18:02 EDT, 13 December 2020
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A man has died after being tasered by police investigating a robbery in southern Queensland, with a police dog and his handler stabbed during the arrest.
The Ethical Standards Command is now investigating the incident at Mount Lofty in Toowoomba, 132km west of Brisbane, at 6.50pm on Sunday.
The 32-year-old senior constable and police dog Turbo had been responding to reports of the break-in on Warana Avenue, when they were confronted by the man armed with a pair of scissors.
The 32-year-old senior constable and police dog Turbo had been responding to reports of the break-in on Warana Avenue, when they were confronted by the man armed with a pair of scissors (pictured, police at the scene)