Rycroft Avenue incident: Police issue update following six-hour standoff with man carrying axe in Leeds
Police have issued an update following a six-hour standoff with a man carrying an axe in Leeds.
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It happened in Rycroft Avenue, Swinnow, at about 8.45pm on Tuesday.
Police were called to a domestic incident, where a man was refusing to leave the property and was in possession of an axe.
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At about 3.40am the man was detained and was arrested on suspicion of domestic assaults.
West Yorkshire Police have now confirmed the man has been released without charge.