Las Vegas: Police swarm as man barricades himself on bus hours after Cybertruck explosion outside hotel

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The incident was first reported to police as a person armed with a knife.
The incident was first reported to police as a person armed with a knife. Credit: LVMPD

Police have swarmed a bus in Las Vegas hours after a Cybertruck exploded outside one of Donald Trump’s hotels in the tourist mecca.

Members of the public were warned to stay away after a man barricaded himself on the bus near Fremont Street and Charleston Boulevard.

Las Vegas police, SWAT officers and crisis negotiators were all on the scene, according to local media.

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The incident was first reported to police as a person armed with a knife.

It is not known if there is any connection to the Cybertruck incident, which is being investigated as a possible terror attack after the discovery of fireworks, gas tanks and camping fuel connected to a detonation system controlled by the driver in the Tesla.

Police say the suspect has been taken into custody without incident.

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