Police claim the woman, 47, threatened officers with an axe before barricading herself inside an apartment where she was later Tasered
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A woman has died after being Tasered by New South Wales police during a standoff after she allegedly threatened officers with an axe.
Police were called to a Newcastle unit at about 12.30pm on Thursday following reports a woman was threatening people with a weapon.
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