Nine ‘suspicious’ devices found after police shot chainsaw-wielding man

Sean O’Meara was shot and seriously injured in the face off (Pictures: UKNIP/Facebook)

At least nine suspicious devices have now been found at the scene where police shot a chainsaw-wielding man during an arrest.

Plumber Sean O’Meara, 36, was wearing a gas mask and body armour when he was shot and seriously injured by a police officer close to The Park Gate Inn in Hollingbourne, Kent, on Monday.

Police thought he was holding an improvised firearm or explosive device (IED) – prompting a bomb squad to be called to the scene.