A man has been detained under the Mental Health Act after he was seen carrying a knife near a synagogue.
Police were called to Bell Lane, Hendon at 11.20am on Saturday after hearing reports of a man wielding a knife.
The man who was reportedly walking around with bare feet and a bare chest was taken to a north London hospital after being detained under the Mental Health Act.
No one was injured and the incident is not being treated as a terror-related incident.
Rumours at the time suggested he had tried to enter a synagogue armed with two knives but this was later ruled out.
Police have confirmed that his actions were not motivated by politics or anti-Semitism.
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