Police swoop on London bus after 'samurai sword' umbrella reports
- 8 years ago
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Footage of response cars from the City of London police surrounding a London bus in the Cornhill, Bank area on Thursday morning.
A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: "We got called to a man on a bus with a samurai sword. When we got there there was no sign of the man and when we viewed the CCTV we realised no crime was committed ... it turns out to have been an umbrella."
This is the second umbrella to have been mistaken for a sword on London public transport this week.
A City of London police spokesman said they were mobilised to reports of a man on board a bus carrying a knife - officers responded to stop the vehicle.
Witnesses reported seeing around 10 police cars speeding to the scene. The incident comes less than a week after three people were stabbed in Leytonstone underground station.
Footage of response cars from the City of London police surrounding a London bus in the Cornhill, Bank area on Thursday morning.
A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: "We got called to a man on a bus with a samurai sword. When we got there there was no sign of the man and when we viewed the CCTV we realised no crime was committed ... it turns out to have been an umbrella."
This is the second umbrella to have been mistaken for a sword on London public transport this week.
A City of London police spokesman said they were mobilised to reports of a man on board a bus carrying a knife - officers responded to stop the vehicle.
Witnesses reported seeing around 10 police cars speeding to the scene. The incident comes less than a week after three people were stabbed in Leytonstone underground station.