Roads around Oval on lockdown and policeman injured as Met Police deal with woman on rooftop

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Roads around Oval are still on lockdown this afternoon and a policeman is in hospital with injuries sustained at the scene as officers continue talks with a woman on a roof in the area.

A woman climbed onto the roof of a property on Harleyford Road at around 11.35pm last night, and police are still at the scene trying to get her down.

A spokesman for the Metropolitan police said a uniformed officer was injured when he fell from the first floor to a basement area at the property. The officer is now in a stable condition in a south London hospital.

Harleyford Road is shut both ways between A3 Kennington Park Road and Durham Street, and there are delays in the area, Transport for London said.

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TfL also said bus routes 36, 185 and 436 are experiencing "serious delays" as a result of the incident.

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