The police get help from a Ninja!
What's that you say - this must be from my comic book collection?
Nope.
the BBC.
Police on Tyneside are seeking a man carrying a sword who came to the aid of plain clothes officers during a burglary attempt.
The officers were threatened by a man with a knife after they discovered armed men trying to break into a house in Laygate, South Shields.
Another man armed with a samurai sword appeared and attacked the man with the knife, before leaving the scene.
