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Met Police detective injured in Hackney shooting | |
(about 4 hours later) | |
A detective has been shot during a Met Police operation in east London. | |
The male detective, who works in a firearms unit dealing with gang crime, was shot in the shoulder at about 12:45 BST in Hackney, Scotland Yard said. | |
He is in a stable condition in hospital and a 31-year-old man was arrested at the scene. A non-police firearm has also been recovered. | |
Witnesses reported seeing police dogs and helicopters and hearing gunfire as police entered Stonebridge Park estate. | |
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. |
No-one else was injured. | |
Commander Duncan Ball said for operational reasons he could not reveal whether police had fired any shots, but said: "This incident reveals the very real risks our police officers face on a day-to-day basis while protecting the safety of Londoners." | |
Steve White, chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales, said: "So soon after the tragic death of an officer on Merseyside, this incident once again reminds us of the dangers faced by officers policing in 2015." | |
Kaner Korbay, 46, owns Bree-Zee dry cleaners opposite where the detective 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 Silvester, 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)." | |
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." |