Lewisham: Armed stand-off as man seen brandishing knife and shouting out of HSBC building window - Police still working to find out whether anyone else is in flat as incident forces closure of Lewisha

Lewisham High Street in southeast London has been locked down as armed police deal with an emergency services incident - police are at the scene alongside the London Ambulance Service and the London F

A man held waved a knife out of the window of a flat above HSBC in Lewisham High Street on Monday. The street was closed off, with armed police officers involved in a stand-off with the individual, who was shouting.

Lewisham High Road has been locked down for hours with armed police training guns on a flat near a branch of HSBC.

ARMED cops have descended on a high street amid fears of a “hostage situation” this afternoon. A shirtless man was seen waving a knife outside a window on Lewisham High Street in

Armed police have closed Lewisham High Street amid a stand-off with a man seen waving a knife out of a window. Pictures were posted on social media of a man in a dressing gown brandishing the weapon on Monday.

Armed police remain at a stand-off in a flat above some shops in south-east London. They were called after a man was seen brandishing a knife through a third-floor window in Lewisham High Street. The area has been cordoned off, with significant impact on traffic, pedestrians and buses.