Five injured as machete armed man smashes Orpington church windows
Joshua Fowler, Reporter
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
9:24 AM
A man was arrested and five people injured after Police responded to reports of a man armed with a machete smashing church windows in St Paul’s Cray last night.
A man was arrested and five people injured after police responded to reports of a man armed with a machete smashing church windows in St Paul’s Cray last night.
Police were called to St Barnabas Church, Rushet Road at around 8.18pm where the 56-year-old man was arrested for assault and criminal damage. He is currently being treated in hospital for a hand injury.
Five people, including a man and woman in their eighties and another woman aged around 60, were injured - though none of the injuries were caused by the machete.
None of the injuries are thought to be serious.
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