Wednesday, May 18, 2011

The moment thirty riot police tackled machete-wielding man with a wheelie bin - 18th May 2011

This is the moment a man lunges at police with a two-foot machete - as more than 30 officers try and detain him.

The images shows a pot-bellied man in a distinctive floral shirt viciously swinging the huge blade wildly in the air in Brockley, south London.

As he lurches forward, officers resort to fighting him off with a wheelie bin in an attempt to subdue him.

Homeowners called police after the balding man was spotted standing in the middle of a roundabout holding the lethal weapon.

When officers rushed to the scene, witnessed said the man reappeared 'out of nowhere', waving the blade in the air. Read More