The man in his 30’s was first seen standing on the roof of the supermarket on Asda Supermarket at around 11am on Friday morning.
A Met Police spokesman said: “Police were called at 10:36hrs on Friday, 11 May to the store in Bexleyheath, by the staff and a number of concerned members of the public following concerns for the safety of a man who had scaled the roof of an Asda supermarket.
“The man who is from the local is armed with a knife and had made threats to harm himself before jumping from the building.
Eyewitnesses earlier claimed he was threatening to jump off the roof and was holding a knife.
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It is understood that the man has since jumped or fallen from the roof. He is being treated by LAS and will be taken to hospital.”
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The London Ambulance Service and the London Fire Brigade attended the scene, as well as the air ambulance, which landing on a netball court in a nearby school field.
