A knife-wielding man as been arrested on suspicion of attempting to murder a police officer in London.
Officers from the Metropolitan police used a taser to subdue the man in Battersea, south-west London at just after midday today.
The police were called to Falcon Road in Battersea, near Clapham Junction rail station, after reports of a man threatening members of the public with a knife. The man then reportedly threatened police officers before he was tasered and taken into custody.
A police officer received minor injuries from the incident but did not need hospital treatment.
A number of knives were recovered from the scene.
