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Met Police officer injured in Hackney shooting Met Police officer injured in Hackney shooting
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A police officer has been shot during an operation in east London, the Met has said.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.The male officer was taken to hospital after a firearm was discharged at about 12:45 BST in Hackney, Scotland Yard said.
He is in a stable condition and his injuries are not life-threatening.He is in a stable condition and his injuries are not life-threatening.
Witnesses said gunfire was heard after police entered Stonebridge Park estate. They said armed police, dogs and helicopters were also present.Witnesses said gunfire was heard after police entered Stonebridge Park estate. They said armed police, dogs and helicopters were also 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 and a man was arrested at the scene.
Kaner Korbay, 46, owns Bree-Zee dry cleaners opposite where the officer was shot.Kaner Korbay, 46, owns Bree-Zee dry cleaners opposite where the officer was shot.
He said: "There was a raid on a house in Scriven Street, they tried to get away and the police were chasing them.He said: "There was a raid on a house in Scriven Street, they tried to get away and the police were chasing them.
"One of them shot the policeman. Right in the middle of the street, the centre of Haggerston Road."One of them shot the policeman. Right in the middle of the street, the centre of Haggerston Road.
"I heard the noise of the gun, two rounds I think."I heard the noise of the gun, two rounds I think.
"Then I was walking up the road and a police officer came up to me with a machine gun and told me to stay away and asked me if I had seen anything."Then I was walking up the road and a police officer came up to me with a machine gun and told me to stay away and asked me if I had seen anything.
"I could see the officer who was shot, he was sitting up and he had blood on his back.""I could see the officer who was shot, he was sitting up and he had blood on his back."
Mr Korbay said the officer's t-shirt was removed for treatment and he thought he had been shot in the shoulder.Mr Korbay said the officer's t-shirt was removed for treatment and he thought he had been shot in the shoulder.
"I could see the police handcuffing someone and pushing him against the wall," he added."I could see the police handcuffing someone and pushing him against the wall," he added.
David Salvester, 28, who owns an import business, said he believed there had been an undercover police operation under way. David Silvester, 28, who owns an import business, said he believed there had been an undercover police operation under way.
He said: "We were in the house and we heard a bunch of yelling. We went outside and there was a bunch of officers in green with their dogs.He said: "We were in the house and we heard a bunch of yelling. We went outside and there was a bunch of officers in green with their dogs.
"They had helmets and machine guns, I think."They had helmets and machine guns, I think.
"That's the point we heard the gun fire. They were all scrambling about. It was two shots, I think."That's the point we heard the gun fire. They were all scrambling about. It was two shots, I think.
"The whole road was filled with undercover police. They all burst out of their cars (when the shots went off)."The whole road was filled with undercover police. They all burst out of their cars (when the shots went off).
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.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."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.""All the other police were standing around him and then the ambulance turned up."