Three police officers have been injured during a stand-off with a knife-wielding man who jumped from the roof of Poundland in Eltham.
The man climbed on top of the building in Eltham High Street shortly before 11am yesterday (August 9).
Police were called to the scene following reports of an attempted robbery at a nearby card shop.
The man is reported to have later jumped from the roof and onto an Audi.
Just after the bloke jumped off the old pound shop roof ! Glad he was caught #Eltham pic.twitter.com/KqruRHHIIs
— F a e v o u r i t e❥ (@Faevouritexox) August 9, 2016
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said three police officers were taken to a south London hospital with minor injuries sustained during the incident.
They have since been discharged.
A 26-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted robbery and is currently being held at a south London police station.
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