An elderly man deployed six homemade cannons around his home to prevent it from being demolished.

Zhou Jianbang set the dummy weapons up after watching neighbours’ houses torn down allegedly without consent.

Mr Zhou insisted his cannons would not have caused any harm and civil police in Xingyang, Henan, central China, confirmed he had not broken any laws.

Each costing 100 yuan (around £10), Zhou deployed the cannons to protect his home when he became insecure, according to ECNS.

But a local official said they did not plan on demolishing the house and insisted this would not be done until an agreement had been reached.

The community is being relocated, and just 34 of 340 households are allowed to stay.

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