JemmaPage published Man 'brandished knife' moments before Ilkeston Tesco evacuated

A supermarket was evacuated after a shopper was seen brandishing a knife. It is believed around 200 customers and staff members were forced to leave the Tesco superstore, in Rutland Street, at about 6pm today.Tesco management decided to evacuate the store after being alerted to the behaviour of a shopper, believed to be in his 20s or 30s.He was said to be waving a knife around and was bleeding from his neck and wrists. With only the man left inside the store, staff barricaded him in from outside