Armed police were involved in a tense stand-off with a man armed with an axe during a domestic incident in Leeds last night (Friday, January 6).
A large area of Sissons Street in Middleton, was cordoned off while officers tried to calm the man down and bring the incident to a safe conclusion. The stand-off lasted for over an hour and a half as specially trained negotiators spoke to the man.
A spokeswoman for West Yorkshire Police said: "At 11.15pm last night, police were called to a domestic incident in Sissons Street, Middleton, Leeds, where a man was refusing to leave a property and was in possession of an axe.
