THESE pictures and video show armed officers with their guns pointed towards a home in The Glade, Malvern.
Roads were cordoned off around The Glade were cordoned off and neighbours on Pound Bank warned not to go in their back gardens or back of their houses.
A 51-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of making threats to kill and assaulting an emergency worker.
Police said they were called to a concern for safety at a home in the road at just before 12.30pm on Tuesday (October 19).
Police officers removed the cordon at parts of Skyrold Road and Moat Way at just after 6pm and could be seen inside the Platform Housing property.
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Norman Urbain, who lives across the road from the home, said there were around 30 police officer and ten police cars.
"There started being more and more police and there was shouting from inside the house.
"I couldn't make out what was being said but they were trying to talk to him."
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