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Nurses threatened by 'armed man' | |
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Two nurses were threatened on a Birmingham hospital ward by a man who was thought to be armed with a gun. | |
The man was believed to be a patient on the ward at Birmingham City Hospital. | The man was believed to be a patient on the ward at Birmingham City Hospital. |
He threatened staff and demanded drugs, a spokesman for the hospital said, during the incident just before 1700 GMT on Wednesday. | He threatened staff and demanded drugs, a spokesman for the hospital said, during the incident just before 1700 GMT on Wednesday. |
Police used a Taser stun gun to arrest a man 30 minutes later. The man is in custody and no staff or patients were injured in the incident. | |
Drugs demanded | Drugs demanded |
The incident started when a man threatened staff on general ward D15 at the City Hospital. | |
The alarm was raised and armed police were called to the hospital. | |
A police spokeswoman said: "This incident occurred at the hospital just before 5pm. A man, allegedly armed with a gun, threatened members of staff. | |
"Firearm officers were deployed and the man was arrested at about 5.20pm. A Taser was used during the arrest." | |
The arrested man is being questioned by police. | |
The hospital is managed by the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust. | The hospital is managed by the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust. |