Man held after 'threats to blow up flats'

Barking police surrounded flats as man barricaded himself in

Police surrounded flats in east London after a man barricaded himself in and threatened to blow up the block.

Fire and ambulance crews were called to Elsdown House, Wheelers Cross, late on Tuesday, although there were no injuries reported.

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