A man was safely detained on Sunday night following a tense eight-hour stand-off with Metropolitan Police officers in a residential property on Bletchley Road, just yards from Goldfinch Primary School on Blegborough Road in Wandsworth.
Emergency services were first alerted on Sunday morning after reports emerged that a man inside a multi-dwelling property was threatening to blow it up.
Specialist negotiators and officers from the Met's Territorial Support Group (TSG) were quickly deployed to the scene.
As a precautionary measure, all residents in the building were evacuated, and gas supplies to the property were isolated to eliminate any potential danger.
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Negotiators worked throughout the day in an attempt to resolve the situation peacefully.
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However, after several hours of unsuccessful dialogue, TSG officers equipped with riot shields stormed the property at approximately 10:30pm.
The man was safely detained and taken from the scene in an %%UKNIP_ANCHOR_2%% under police escort. No injuries were reported during the operation.
A %%UKNIP_ANCHOR_3%% cordon that had remained in place throughout the day was lifted shortly after the resolution of the incident.
The %%UKNIP_ANCHOR_4%% have not yet released an official statement, though further updates are expected in due course.
Local residents praised the swift and professional %%UKNIP_ANCHOR_5%% by emergency services, crediting them with ensuring the safety of the neighbourhood, especially given the close proximity of the primary school.
