Man charged after siege
The Metropolitan Police has charged Michael Green, 48, with possession of a weapon, false imprisonment and making a bomb hoax after a siege in Tottenham Court Road, London.
Police quiz man held after office siege
Detectives were today continuing to question a 48-year-old man arrested following a siege in central London.
The man is believed to have entered a building in Tottenham Court Road with gas canisters strapped to him.
The incident sparked a major alert as both Goodge Street and Warren Street Tube stations were closed, businesses evacuated and one of the capital's busiest shopping streets shut.
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