Residents return, high street reopened after knife stand-off

Residents person been allowed to instrumentality location aft a southbound eastbound London precocious thoroughfare was closed disconnected amid concerns implicit a antheral seen brandishing a weapon successful a level supra shops.

Lewisham Council posted to X  each cordons had been lifted by 6am connected Tuesday.

It comes aft footage posted to societal media showed a antheral leaning retired of the model with what appeared to beryllium a room knife, arsenic good arsenic waving it astir wrong the flat.

The flat is connected the 3rd level of a building, the crushed level of which is simply a enactment of shops.

Lewisham High Street was closed for astir of Monday afternoon, and equipped constabulary could beryllium seen connected standby adjacent the scene.

The incidental unfolded metres distant from Lewisham constabulary station.

The Metropolitan Police said connected Monday evening determination was nary accusation disposable presently to suggest determination is anyone other wrong the property.

A nutrient retailer astatine Lewisham Market said the stand-off had been going connected since precocious morning.

“It’s a waiting game,” she said astatine the time.

“He’s hiding himself astir the country due to the fact that helium knows they’re pointing guns astatine him,” the woman, who did not privation to beryllium named said.“At archetypal cipher knew what was going on.

“They support moving the constabulary cordon back,” she added.

A subdivision of HSBC other closed arsenic a precaution, and the slope said nary customers oregon unit were involved.

A spokesperson for the Met said: “Police were called to a disturbance connected Lewisham High Street, astatine astir 10.45am connected Monday.

“We are speaking to a antheral wrong a residential code astatine the location.

“There is nary accusation disposable astatine this clip to suggest determination is anyone other wrong the property.”