An armed police officer was left with a slashed hand after a confrontation with a man allegedly seen ‘wielding a sword and a knife’.

The officer suffered a cut to his hand during the stand off, which saw someone tasered.

It followed reports of a man ‘with two bladed weapons’ at around 7.45am in Worcester Close, Istead Rise in Gravesend, Kent.

Armed police were dispatched to the scene where they spoke to a man allegedly acting in a threatening manner.

A police officer then discharged a fire at the suspect, who was reportedly seen ‘wielding a sword and a knife’ earlier, according to KentOnline.

Gary Hickinson told the news site he saw arrived at the scene of the confrontation while taking his daughter to nursery.

He said: ‘When I got there the police had him in handcuffs already.

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