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Met Police officer injured in Hackney shooting | |
(about 1 hour later) | |
A police officer has been shot during an operation in east London, the Met has said. | |
The male officer was taken to hospital after a firearm was discharged at about 12:45 BST in Hackney, Scotland Yard said. | |
His injuries are not thought to be life-threatening. | |
Witnesses said gunfire was heard after police entered Stonebridge Park estate. They said armed police, dogs and helicopters were present. | Witnesses said gunfire was heard after police entered Stonebridge Park estate. They said armed police, dogs and helicopters were present. |
A specialist firearms unit and officers from Trident Area Crime Command, which is responsible for tackling gang crime, were conducting an operation in Scriven Street at the time of the shooting. | A specialist firearms unit and officers from Trident Area Crime Command, which is responsible for tackling gang crime, were conducting an operation in Scriven Street at the time of the shooting. |
There are no reports of any other injuries. | There are no reports of any other injuries. |
Ibrahim Paytoncular, 44, who owns a chip shop, said: "We heard the shot and looked out the window and saw lots of police in the road. | |
"There was a policeman lying in the road and he must have been undercover because he was wearing ordinary clothes. | |
"All the other police were standing around him and then the ambulance turned up." | |
Lewis Wilson, 26, who works at a nearby garage said: "I saw six police cars pull up. | |
"Armed police jumped out and ran into the estate shouting. Then I heard the shot. | |
"I went around on my bike and that's when I saw the boy being chased by police and they arrested him. The policeman's clothes were on the floor in the road." |