Lockdown as man threatens to blow himself up

Police snipers and heavily armed officers put several blocks of central London’s shopping district into lockdown after a man allegedly armed with gas canisters entered an office building and threatened to blow himself up.

Lockdown as man threatens to blow himself up

Michael Green, 49, was arrested hours after a stand-off with police at Advantage, a training company near London’s Tottenham Court Road that offers tests for truck drivers.

He allegedly failed the HGV training course and wanted his money back.

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