Armed police have been deployed near a shopping centre in Kent after a man was reported to be on a balcony with weapons.
Witnesses and videos on social media appear to show a man on a balcony firing a machine gun.
The public were being warned to stay away from an area in Dockside, Chatham in Kent.
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