Bodmin Crescent, Leeds: Officer injured as armed police force their way into home to arrest man with knife

At around 11pm on Monday (September 9), police received a call from an address on Bodmin Crescent in Middleton, Leeds, where a man wielding a knife had been seen.

Officers were sent to the property, where they met with a male who refused to let police into the home.

The man also “showed a knife” to the attending officers, which resulted in armed police being deployed, forcing their way into the property.

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According to West Yorkshire Police, the armed officers attempted to engage with the man inside the property which eventually led to his arrest, while one officers sustained a “minor injury” at the scene.

The arrested man was taken to hospital were he was treated for an injury and was later discharged and taken into custody.

Enquiries are continuing.