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| St Paul's Cathedral suspected gunman arrested | St Paul's Cathedral suspected gunman arrested |
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| A suspected gunman has been arrested in the grounds of St Paul's Cathedral. | A suspected gunman has been arrested in the grounds of St Paul's Cathedral. |
| Police - including armed officers - attended the London landmark shortly after midday. | Police - including armed officers - attended the London landmark shortly after midday. |
| A man pointed a weapon at security staff in the Cathedral's crypts and pulled the trigger but no bullet was fired, the BBC was told. | |
| He then ran off, hiding the gun in a bush before being detained by City of London Police. The incident is not believed to be terror-related. | |
| The force cordoned off an entrance to the cathedral grounds on Paternoster Row. | The force cordoned off an entrance to the cathedral grounds on Paternoster Row. |
| A spokeswoman said officers arrested a man at 12:05 GMT "who we believe was in possession of a firearm in the grounds of St Paul's Cathedral". | A spokeswoman said officers arrested a man at 12:05 GMT "who we believe was in possession of a firearm in the grounds of St Paul's Cathedral". |
| The same man had been involved in a "domestic-related incident" where a woman was threatened with a gun in nearby Curtain Road at about 08:30, police said. | |
| Officers are not looking for anyone else in relation to the two incidents. |