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Death was seen giving a gaggle of security guards the run around in a bizarre incident at an arms fair in London on Friday.

A protester dressed as the grim reaper had turned up to DSEI Arms Fair- billed as the world's biggest - to demonstrate against the presence of representatives from nations with poor human rights records.

But clearly management decided he was killing the mood, and sent some guards to remove him from the premises after he reportedly scaled a 12ft fence to enter the event.

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Yet the protester, who wore a hooded black robe and carried a scythe, was not prepared to leave quietly and took off on foot as a group of security officials raced after him.

(Image: Ketts’s News Service)

Eventually, the man seemed to trip on his robe at which point security pounced on him and dragged him across the grass to be removed.

The exhibition, held at London's Docklands , takes place every two years.

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Buyers and sellers use the event to network and make huge deals.

Because of the controversy it attracts, the event is always heavily policed.

The Metropolitan Police stated that at the last exhibition in 2013 the total number of officers assigned to police the DSEI Arms Fair was 1577.