A Samurai sword weilding maniac is knocked out by electric stun gun. We're not making this up.

Police were called to Langley Avenue on Saturday after receiving reports of a man running amock with a sword. After attempting to negotiate with him, the man climbed a roof and started to throw missiles.

Eventually after continued talks the man returned to the ground, but members of the Met Police firearms squad decided the only way to disarm him was to jolt him with 50,000 volts from an electronic Taser gun. He was then taken away and detained for questioning.

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