Overview

• Police were called at about 7.45am to Worcester Close in Istead Rise after reports of a man with two bladed weapons.
• Patrols including armed officers attended and a taser was discharged when the man allegedly acted in a threatening manner.
• During the arrest, an officer suffered a cut to his hand and was taken to hospital for treatment.
• A 29-year-old local man was arrested on suspicion of assault and possession of an offensive weapon and taken into custody.
• The area was cordoned for forensic searches, and witnesses gave differing accounts of the weapons, citing either ceremonial kirpans or a sword and a knife.