Police have arrested a man following an incident involving armed police for hours in Leyton.
High Road, near Leyton station, was partially cordoned off as armed police and a huge presence from other police, fire fighters and paramedics were alerted to worrying reports at lunch time (Monday, January 24).
The armed officers were in a standoff from about 12.15pm to just after 4pm with a man allegedly wielding a machete and gas cannister from an open window.
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While the incident was ongoing a Met Police spokesperson said: “Police are dealing with an incident after they were called to a man armed with a machete.
“Officers were called at 12.14pm today to a home in High Road in Leyton.
“A man at the location was reported to be having a mental health crisis.”
A 41-year-old woman from Leytonstone told Press Association: “They’ve got a bay-fronted window and he had the window open. You could see a (gas) can in one hand and the machete in the other, waving it all around.”
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A spokesperson at Waltham Forest MPS confirmed the arrest had been made at 4.08pm.
The force wrote in a tweet: “The incident has been stood down and a man has been arrested on suspicion of public order offences.
“He will also be assessed by medical professionals.”
They added that there had been no injuries at the scene.
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