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Arrests over Westfield Stratford smash and grab attempt Westfield Stratford Breitling store raid: Five arrested
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Five people have been arrested after an attempted "smash and grab" at a jewellers in east London, police said. Five people have been arrested after an attempted "smash and grab" raid at an upmarket watch store in east London.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said a shop on the ground floor of the Westfield shopping centre in Stratford was targeted at 00:05 BST. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said the Breitling shop on the ground floor of the Westfield shopping centre in Stratford was targeted at 00:05 BST.
He said five males were in custody in connection with the incident. There were no reports of injuries. The force said four males armed with axes and hammers smashed a window. A fifth waited in a vehicle outside.
Police said reports on social media that shots were fired at the scene were incorrect. Police said claims on social media that shots were fired were incorrect. There were no reports of injuries.
The force spokesman said a group of four males, armed with axes and hammers, smashed the shop window. A fifth male waited in a vehicle outside the shopping centre, police said. Screaming and climbing
Adam Hughes was in the shopping centre when the incident took place.
He said: "Me and my girlfriend were coming down the escalators from the cinema with a bunch of other people, near Primark and we see a big bald white guy running into Primark.
"We then heard banging noises, noises that sounded like flash bang grenades and men shouting 'get down, get down' at which point a flood of people started running towards escalators at the other end of the centre whilst screaming to get out.
"We heard what I can only describe as gun shots, maybe warning shots and a flood of men in balaclavas and bullet-proof vests armed with guns running towards a jewellery store.
"We then kept running into the train station with people screaming and climbing over the gates to get on to trains."