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Hucknall snooker club siege ends with man arrested | |
(35 minutes later) | |
A man has been arrested after a 10-hour armed siege at a snooker hall in Nottinghamshire. | |
Police spent hours negotiating with the man who was in the Spot On Snooker Club in Hucknall before entering the club at about 00:40 GMT and arresting him. | |
Two women who were thought to be hiding in the club had emerged unharmed after about seven hours. | |
A 20-year-old was detained on suspicion of possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, police said. | |
He was being questioned in custody, they added. | |
Officers had first been called to the building in Vine Street at about 14:40 GMT over reports of a man said to be "acting suspiciously". | |
A man claiming to be the gunman told reporters who called the club during the siege: "It's none of your business why I'm here." | |
Answering the phone to the Nottingham Post, the man said "I'm the guy with the gun. | Answering the phone to the Nottingham Post, the man said "I'm the guy with the gun. |
"I'm not sure what happened. I'm on my own in here, everyone else just ran off. I'm going to go home in a minute and chill out and watch TV and that." | "I'm not sure what happened. I'm on my own in here, everyone else just ran off. I'm going to go home in a minute and chill out and watch TV and that." |
'Extremely distressed' | 'Extremely distressed' |
By 22:00 GMT police said they were "in direct negotiations" with the man inside the club. | |
They said the two women who escaped were "extremely distressed but uninjured" and had "been guided to safety". | |
Vine Street was closed off and children at nearby Beardall Street Primary School were sent home with a police escort, while people were at one point told not to leave the nearby Byron Cinema because it was not safe. | |
Ria Cash, who was trapped inside the cinema, said: "It was exciting to start with but it is getting quite stressful in here now. | Ria Cash, who was trapped inside the cinema, said: "It was exciting to start with but it is getting quite stressful in here now. |
"We have seen armed police, several vans and ambulances coming through and there's got to be about 30 to 40 police around." | "We have seen armed police, several vans and ambulances coming through and there's got to be about 30 to 40 police around." |
After the arrest Nottinghamshire Police said Vine Terrace and High Street would be reopened and residents allowed to return home but a cordon would remain at the snooker hall while officers examined the scene. | |
Residents unable to get to their homes were earlier told by the force to find temporary accommodation or go to Hucknall Leisure Centre. |