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Nuneaton: Police dealing with 'ongoing incident' at Bermuda Park | Nuneaton: Police dealing with 'ongoing incident' at Bermuda Park |
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Warwickshire Police have urged people to avoid a Nuneaton leisure complex due to an "ongoing incident", after unconfirmed reports of a gunman there. | |
The force tweeted that officers were attending the scene at Bermuda Park, with eyewitnesses saying the incident was taking place at a bowling alley. | |
Eyewitness Kelly Pettett told the BBC she was hiding in the toilet in a restaurant at the complex. | |
Police have said the incident is unconnected to terrorism. | |
West Midlands Ambulance Service said it was called to the leisure complex at 15:40 BST and that there were no casualties. | |
Ms Pettett, who is at the Frankie and Benny's restaurant, said: "I am hiding in the toilet with about 20 people. | |
"It looks like police have got the bowling alley surrounded. The police told me that the gunman is near the door with a hostage. | |
"Two ambulances have arrived, but I don't know if they have needed to use them." | |
Megan Westward said she was about to leave a children's soft play centre when staff told her to move away from the windows. | |
"There are quite a few bullet proof vans," he said. "We've just seen an air ambulance take off, there are ambulances and there are police in full body suits with guns." | |
She was then evacuated to a nearby hotel. | |
One witness told the BBC he had seen police officers "in full body armour", while a staff member at Bermuda Park business said: "We are on lockdown." | |
An eyewitness, Ian Brown, told the BBC he was at the leisure complex when police arrived. | |
He said there were helicopters overhead, including an air ambulance and a police helicopter. | |
Another man, Paul Edgington‏, tweeted that he was inside the cinema, asking police on social media: "I'm stuck in the cinema. Are we safe?" | |
Another eyewitness, Sarah Fleming, said she was in the Frankie and Benny's restaurant when it went "on lockdown". | |
"No-one was allowed in or out," she told Sky News. "So everyone is a little bit scared at the minute." | "No-one was allowed in or out," she told Sky News. "So everyone is a little bit scared at the minute." |
The ambulance service said it has "a number of resources" at the scene, including a hazardous area response team and an emergency planner. | |
An air ambulance was initially dispatched to the scene but has now left. | |
Bermuda Park includes a Holiday Inn Express hotel, a gym, a DIY store, a soft play centre and several restaurants. | |
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