Knife-wielding woman arrested in Stamford Hill

A knife-wielding woman has been arrested by police after she was filmed waiving a large knife at passers-by.

In footage that was circulated around Stamford Hill’s Chasidic community on Wednesday evening, the woman could be seen casually walking down Cadoxton Avenue, N15, carrying a large knife, before waiving it aggressively and arguing with people in a car that was passing by.

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The woman, who was in her 70s, was later filmed being ordered to comply with police demands that she lay on the ground.

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The Metropolitan Police confirmed that they were called at 7:53pm on Wednesday to reports of a woman with a knife. She was “arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon. She has been taken into custody.”

The were no reported injuries.