Police negotiators have successfully talked down a man from a balcony of a high-rise block of flats in Leeds this morning.
The drama took place in the early hours at Clayton Court, West Park. Emergency services rushed to the scene just after 4.30am on Tuesday.
A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "At 4.31am today, officers attended an address in Clayton Court, West Park, Leeds, to carry out arrest enquiries in relation to a domestic incident at another address the previous evening. The suspect refused to leave the flat and went onto the balcony, creating concerns for his welfare.
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"Officers, including trained negotiators, engaged with the man and he was arrested shortly before 8am and the incident safely concluded."
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