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

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

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.

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 have descended on a high street and placed it under lockdown following an incident at an HSBC. An image taken from the scene shows a police cordon wrapped around the branch on Lewisham High Street in south London. As reported by the Mirror, at least two armed officers can be seen holding large guns towards the entrance of the bank.

Pictures from the scene of a major police incident in Lewisham shows armed officers in a stand-off with a man “waving a knife”. Armed police have been at Lewisham High Street since 10.45am today (February 10), after reports of a “disturbance”.