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Lincolnshire village 'sealed' as officer hurt | Lincolnshire village 'sealed' as officer hurt |
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A Lincolnshire village has been sealed off after a police officer suffered minor injuries in a firearms incident. | |
Armed officers are at Chapelgate in Sutton St James and five "containment points" have been set up in the village, a police spokesman said. | |
The spokesman added that the incident was at a residential house and involved one person. | |
Residents have been advised to stay in their houses and drivers are being asked by police to avoid the area. | |
The officer was not seriously injured and had not been shot, police said. | |
Bullet-proof jackets | |
A woman working at the Chapelgate post office in Sutton St James said: "The village has been shut down - the police have cars at a lot of the junctions coming into the village and they won't let anybody in." | |
Margaret Cawood, who lives on Chapelgate, said: "There are armed officers - three, four, maybe five, just outside. | |
"There was a helicopter here earlier but now the road is full of vehicles, police incident vehicles and ambulances and people are putting on bullet jackets and things. | |
"They look as though they are concentrating on one house about 200 feet away." | |
People who live in the area and who are not already at home have been told not to attempt to go home. | People who live in the area and who are not already at home have been told not to attempt to go home. |
Those in need of shelter are being directed to the village hall in Sutton St James. | |
The village is in the south of the county, close the the border with Norfolk. | |
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