Residents have been allowed to return home after a south east London high street was closed off amid concerns over a man seen brandishing a knife in a flat above shops.
Lewisham Council posted to X all cordons had been lifted by 6am on Tuesday.
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It comes after footage posted to social media showed a man leaning out of the window with what appeared to be a kitchen knife, as well as waving it around inside the flat.
The apartment is on the third floor of a building, the ground floor of which is a row of shops.
Lewisham High Street was closed for most of Monday afternoon, and armed police could be seen on standby near the scene.
The incident unfolded metres away from Lewisham police station.
The Metropolitan Police said on Monday evening there was no information available currently to suggest there is anyone else inside the property.
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A food retailer at Lewisham Market said the stand-off had been going on since late morning.
“It’s a waiting game,” she said at the time.
“He’s hiding himself around the corner because he knows they’re pointing guns at him,” the woman, who did not want to be named said.“At first nobody knew what was going on.
“They keep moving the police cordon back,” she added.
A branch of HSBC opposite closed as a precaution, and the bank said no customers or staff were involved.
A spokesman for the Met said: “Police were called to a disturbance on Lewisham High Street, at around 10.45am on Monday.
“Officers are currently in attendance at the scene alongside the London Ambulance Service and the London Fire Brigade.
“We are speaking to a man inside a residential address at the location.
“There is no information available at this time to suggest there is anyone else inside the property.”