UK

Residents return, high street reopened after knife stand-off

Lewisham Council confirmed all cordons had been lifted.

Police during a standoff in Lewisham High Street in south-east London after a man in a dressing gown was seen brandishing a knife out of the window of a building
Police during a standoff in Lewisham High Street in south-east London after a man in a dressing gown was seen brandishing a knife out of the window of a building (Lucy North/PA)
By Margaret Davis, Jessica Coates and George Lithgow, PA