A man in the UK sparked panic after he entered a shopping centre here with a two-foot-long machete. Hundreds of shoppers, out to grab bargains in the Boxing Day sales, were seen fleeing as armed police stepped in.
Rumours that a gunman was on the loose quickly spread through Intu shopping centre in Bromley area of the city, yesterday sparking alarm.
A video posted on Twitter shows shoppers, including families, screaming and running out of the centre. A man in his 20s, who suffered a head injury, was arrested. He was detained on suspicion of affray and possession of an offensive weapon.
A Scotland Yard spokesperson said, “We were called to reports of an injured youth at the shopping centre.