A man has been arrested after he suffered serious burns in an incident at Merrylands police station in western Sydney. Asked whether the incident had any links to violence extremism, NSW police assistance commissioner Denis Clifford told reporters: “That’s not one of our lines of inquiry. “He has been treated by ambulance and conveyed to hospital in a serious condition.”Related: George Christensen retracts 'radical Islamists' claim over Merrylands incidentThe man suffered serious burns, Clifford said. Police extinguished the flames and extricated the person from the vehicle,” Clifford said. “You could smell something was burning, you could smell it burning.”

Source: The Guardian July 21, 2016 10:30 UTC