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London hostage situation resolved as man arrested

Police confirmed that the situation was not terror related.

Updated 10.50pm

POLICE HAVE CONFIRMED that a hostage situation at a restaurant in Leicester Square, London has been resolved.

A man in possession of a knife was holding a woman against her will inside the venue.

Metropolitan Police have said that a man has now been arrested and there are no reports of any injuries.

Two other people were inside the restaurant on Irving Street.

A Metropolitan Police statement confirmed that officers were engaging with a man to resolve the situation.

The police confirmed early on that the situation was not terror related.

 

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    Mute Thomas Farrell
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    Feb 24th 2016, 10:12 PM

    Managed to beat sky news, the bbc and the daily mail to this story, fair play

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    Mute Brendan McKiernan
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    Feb 24th 2016, 10:21 PM

    Does there not be a media black out in these instances if ongoing?

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    Mute Thomas Farrell
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    Feb 24th 2016, 10:28 PM

    Well there using an ITV link in the article

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    Mute Tony Canning
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    Feb 24th 2016, 10:33 PM

    No, but all media outlets are “WHOOOOAAA there’s a situation – is it terrorist related!?” and when it’s not it’s apparently less newsworthy.

    As for “ahead of” – it’s more in parallel of. The journal often suffers from apparent DOB based financial decisions where truly valid news is bought in a day or 2 later after the price drops from AP or AFP.

    I’ve major sympathy for the journalists here given DOB style economic (and more) restrictions.

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    Mute Suzie Sunshine
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    Feb 24th 2016, 11:14 PM

    Wow that was some rant there , Tony .

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    Mute Tony Canning
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    Feb 24th 2016, 11:39 PM

    You’re denying that this redacted owned outlet spouts redacted stories? With the amount of ” oooo that’s just msm propaganda ” posts on pretty much every story I suppose nobody should be surprised.

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    Mute Suzie Sunshine
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    Feb 24th 2016, 11:44 PM

    It is what it is Tony …

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    Mute Eamonn Connaghan
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    Feb 24th 2016, 10:30 PM

    “Not terrorist related”, he must be a white christian so.

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    Feb 24th 2016, 10:42 PM

    Lol, so true

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    Feb 24th 2016, 11:06 PM

    There were hidden bombs in tins of Alphabet Spaghetti. If they had of gone gone off, it coulda spelt disaster I heard.

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    Mute Leo Lowe
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    Feb 25th 2016, 1:33 AM

    Coulda?

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    Feb 24th 2016, 10:29 PM

    I wonder will the indo find a way to blame Gerry Adams on this in the morning?

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    Feb 25th 2016, 1:34 AM

    If you have information that he was involved you should bring it to the police.

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    Feb 24th 2016, 10:26 PM

    Looking at Twitter it’s a date gone wrong

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    Mute Diarmuid Lenihan
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    Feb 24th 2016, 10:27 PM

    Looks like he doesn’t take rejection well.

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    Feb 24th 2016, 10:16 PM

    Hopefully it ends well

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    Feb 24th 2016, 10:53 PM

    Glad its the London hostage situation in London. For a minute there I got confused and thought it was in Mikton Keynes.

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    Feb 24th 2016, 10:55 PM

    So, the London Hostage Siege was in London. Go figure…..

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    Mute Suzie Sunshine
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    Feb 24th 2016, 10:29 PM

    A man is holding a woman hostage with a knife .

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    Mute Jack Bowden
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    Feb 24th 2016, 10:45 PM

    Yes, that is correct.

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    Mute Fred
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    Feb 24th 2016, 10:47 PM

    Your ability to read is uncanny.

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    Feb 24th 2016, 11:20 PM

    Fred when the article first appeared there was only one line on it .

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