A police taser. (File photo by Greg Higgins)A police taser. (File photo by Greg Higgins)
London

Man tasered after pulling knife on cops

A 43-year-old London man was tasered by police after allegedly lunging at an officer with a knife during an arrest.

London police went to a home on Beckworth Avenue to arrest a suspect on behalf of another police service around 9:15 a.m. on Monday. When officers arrived, a man inside the home came at one of them with a knife. The officer tasered the man, who was then arrested.

Paramedics were called as a precaution. The man was not injured and was taken to police headquarters.

The officer was not hurt in the incident.

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