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| Warwickshire police have told people to stay away from a retail park in Nuneaton because of an “ongoing incident” involving an armed man who has taken hostages. | Warwickshire police have told people to stay away from a retail park in Nuneaton because of an “ongoing incident” involving an armed man who has taken hostages. |
| Warwickshire police’s Twitter account confirmed that officers were on the scene as pictures on social media showed a number of police cars outside the MFA Bowl bowling alley in Bermuda Park. West Midlands Ambulance Service said that there had been no casualties at the scene. | |
| An update posted later on the force’s Facebook page told residents that “the incident is unconnected to any terrorist activity”. | |
| Sarah Fleming, a witness in a restaurant at the retail park, told Sky News reports of the incident had started to come through at about 3.30pm and she had been told the man was armed. “Police have advised us that there is a man with a shotgun and he does have hostages,” she said. “Everyone’s a little bit scared.” | Sarah Fleming, a witness in a restaurant at the retail park, told Sky News reports of the incident had started to come through at about 3.30pm and she had been told the man was armed. “Police have advised us that there is a man with a shotgun and he does have hostages,” she said. “Everyone’s a little bit scared.” |
| don’t go to bermuda park😅 pic.twitter.com/X5Q7HcYDeb | don’t go to bermuda park😅 pic.twitter.com/X5Q7HcYDeb |
| Eyewitness accounts on the Coventry Telegraph website said a neighbouring soft play centre and cinema were on lockdown, with customers asked to stay inside. All roads into the area have been closed. Fleming said police were allowing some people parked in the part of the car park furthest from the bowling alley to leave. | |
| Paul Edgington, a cinemagoer who said that he was with two children, tweeted to the police: “I’m stuck in the cinema. Are we safe? How long are we expected to be locked down?” | |
| West Midlands Ambulance Service said it was called to the incident at 3.40pm. A spokesman said: “We currently have an ambulance, two paramedic officers, the Hazardous Area Response Team, and an emergency planning manager at the scene.” | |
| The Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance was initially dispatched but has since left the scene. | |
| Local MP Marcus Jones told Sky News that it was an “extremely concerning situation”. | |
| More details soon … | More details soon … |