London Hostage Situation

Police are dealing with a hostage situation in Australia's Melbourne city after an explosion today, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported. A major police operation is underway at a Bay Street apartment, following reports of the explosion at 4 pm local time, it said.

Armed police were at the scene of a disturbance in central London on Friday, while an eyewitness reported that a mentally unstable man had walked into her office threatening to blow himself up.

British police say they're investigating an unspecified disturbance in central London and the Huffington Post says that its building has been evacuated. According to Abby Baafi, 27, the head of training and operations at Advantage, a company which offers HGV courses, said the man had targeted her offices and was currently holding four men hostage.

Police sealed off a busy Central London street during rush hour amid reports of an armed man causing a disturbance, but said the incident was not terrorism-related.

Police are dealing with a hostage situation in Australia's Melbourne city after an explosion today, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported. A major police operation is underway at a Bay Street apartment, following reports of the explosion at 4 pm local time, it said.

Armed police were at the scene of a disturbance in central London on Friday, while an eyewitness reported that a mentally unstable man had walked into her office threatening to blow himself up.

British police say they're investigating an unspecified disturbance in central London and the Huffington Post says that its building has been evacuated. According to Abby Baafi, 27, the head of training and operations at Advantage, a company which offers HGV courses, said the man had targeted her offices and was currently holding four men hostage.

Police sealed off a busy Central London street during rush hour amid reports of an armed man causing a disturbance, but said the incident was not terrorism-related.