Small children trampled as shoppers jump from escalators and run to escape after thug with machete sparks mass brawl at Bromley shopping centre, prompting fears of terror attack in the suburbs

Armed police have been called to Glades shopping centre in Bromley after a man went on a rampage with a machete. Video recorded inside the mall and posted online shows terrified shoppers fleeing for the exit fearing a terror attack after an incident inside one of the stores. Scores of people were filmed stampeding for the doors amid confusion whether the man was carrying a blade or even armed with a gun. Police closed off the store where the incident took place (inset) and were seen taking away a machete (left) and arresting a man (right).                                                                                                

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