Armed siege in Sheffield street ends with man arrested on suspicion of kidnap

Armed officers flooded Weakland Drive, Hackenthorpe, yesterday afternoon after reports that a woman and her child were locked in a house.

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The alarm was raised at 12.15pm and police negotiators were scrambled to talk to a man in the property believed to have been refusing to allow the woman and child to leave.

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They were eventually released, unharmed, and negotiations with the man continued into the night.

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South Yorkshire Police said the incident concluded at 7.15pm yesterday.

In a statement this morning, the force said: “A 28-year-old man from Sheffield was detained by police under suspicion of kidnapping by false imprisonment.”

Residents reported police cars, riot vans and a fire engine at the property during the height of the siege.

A police cordon was put in place while officers dealt with the incident yesterday.