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Lethal weapons found at house where man was shot dead by police in London

Source: PA Wire

Crossbows, a knife, a sword and a hatchet were found in a house where a man was shot dead by police in south London.

Police were called to the address in Bywater Place, Surrey Quays, just before 5am on Tuesday.

A 30-year-old man was trying to force his way into a building and was threatening to hurt people inside, police said.

Unarmed officers tried to speak to him but were threatened, and when police marksmen arrived he had got into the building and was shot.

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