Police in Northern Ireland disarmed a half-naked man wielding a hatchet in front of passengers on a bus in Belfast today.
The man, stripped to the waist, boarded the bus in the city's Oldpark area at around 7.30am made his way to the upper deck.
No-one was hurt in the incident and the man was arrested after police confiscated the weapon. A spokeswoman for Translink said: "A man boarded the bus and made his way to the upper deck where he began wielding a hatchet.
"Passengers on board alerted the driver and the police were called. They attended the incident and arrested the man.
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"Thankfully neither the passengers nor the driver were injured, however, they were very shaken by this incident."
PA