Taser used by police in knife incident

A taser was used by police during an incident involving a knife in Bury St Edmunds.

Officers were called to a property in the town to deal with an incident on Sunday, September 27, at 9.30pm.

When they arrived at the address in Beaumont Close, a woman was found with a knife in her hand.

She was asked to drop the knife and police used a taser in the interests of the safety of all concerned.