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This is the dramatic moment plainclothes police officers search a suspect in a busy area in the east London Subway station and find a huge machete.
In a video previously posted on X TweetFive plainclothes officers from the British Transport Police are seen wrestling the suspect to the ground as they search him on the platform at West Ham station.
One of the officers then discovers what appears to be a large machete hidden on his person.
You can watch trains arriving and departing from the station as commuters walk by, oblivious to what is happening right next to them.
One young family does stop to watch the incident and you can see them staring at the gun in the officer's hand.
In a video posted to One of the officers then discovers what appears to be a large machete
You can watch trains arriving and departing from the station as commuters walk by, oblivious to what is happening right next to them. One young family does stop to watch the incident and you can see them staring at the gun in the officer's hand
The suspect is then escorted out of the station in handcuffs by the officers
The suspect is then escorted out of the station in handcuffs by the officers.
Last week in Hainaut, East London, a man killed a 14-year-old boy and injured four others after he went on a violent rampage and attacked people with a large sword.
Police rushed to the area after reports that a van had rammed into a house just before a knifeman began prowling the streets.
He then attacked two officers before being tasered and arrested in a bloody scuffle in front of shocked residents who heard 'piercing screams'.
The suspect, Marcus Arduini Monzo, has since been charged with the murder of schoolboy Daniel Anjorin and two counts of attempted murder. He will appear at the Old Bailey.
Knife crime in the capital became a prominent campaign issue during this year's London mayoral elections. During a debate about LBCMayor Sadiq Khan and Tory candidate Susan Hall clashed during a discussion about knife crime.
Mr Khan dismissed Ms Hall's fears about rising crime rates after she claimed there were 'gangs running around with machetes' in London.
She added: “Those are the stories I hear from the people who run the night-time economy. That is not good.'
Mr Khan replied: 'I'm saying in a respectful way that I think the Tory candidate should stop watching The Wire. We don't live in Baltimore, USA, in the 1990s.'
Khan comfortably won re-election in last Thursday's elections.
Dramatic doorbell footage of the moment police tasered the suspect in the sword attacks in Hainaut. The man killed a 14-year-old boy and injured four others after violently attacking people with a large sword
Susan Hall gives her concession speech. During her concession speech, Ms Hall spoke about knife crime in London, saying: 'I hope Sadiq makes this (knife crime) his top priority, woe betide the families who have lost lives to knife crime under his mayoralty'
During her concession speech, Ms Hall said: 'What matters most to Londoners is reforming the Met and making London safe again.
“I hope Sadiq makes this his top priority, woe betide the families who have lost lives to knife crime under his mayoralty.”
She added: “Stop patronizing people like me who care.”
MailOnline has contacted the British Transport Police for comment.