Dramatic moment semi-naked man brandishes sword in London street as passer-by tries to disarm him
A SEMI-naked man wearing just his underwear was caught wildly waving a giant sword on a south London street.
Disturbing footage shows the man swinging the blade around as brave eyewitnesses tried to calm him down and attempt to remove the weapon.A woman can be seen pleading with him outside the storeA woman and man were seen trying to talk to the man, who was standing outside a Poundland near Elephant and Castle in the Walworth area of south London.
As they attempted to reason with the man, a group of men snuck up behind him to try and snatch the blade off him.The couple seen reasoning with him stepped back and continued to plead for him to drop the knife.he heard the commotion on the high street, and looked out his window to see the man holding the weapon.
"My housemate and I could hear commotion for a good five to ten minutes, but thought nothing of it as we live by the high street," he said."He looked as if he was following someone but I couldn’t tell who, he didn’t seem aggressive but rather trying to intimidate someone.Met Police arrived at the scene minutes after reports of the incident at around midday yesterday.
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