Man arrested in Brixton after brandishing hammer and knife in street

A man was Tasered by police this morning after he was found in a Brixton street armed with a knife and a hammer.Police were called at 5.50am after they received reports that a man had been attacked in Brixton Hill.

Police raced to the scene, close to the junction with Jebb Avenue, and found a man armed with the two weapons. An officer discharged a Taser and the man was then detained and arrested. Police did not find anyone injured at the scene, which is close to Brixton Prison.

A Scotland Yard spokeswoman said that no officers were injured during the incident, which is not believed to be terror-related.

She said: “Enquiries are being carried out into the circumstances of the incident by officers from Lambeth.”

A London Ambulance Service spokesman said:  “We were called at 5.51am today to reports of an incident on Brixton Hill.

“We sent an ambulance crew and a single responder in a car to the scene.

“We treated a patient and took them to a hospital in south London.”