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| Police officer shot during anti-gang operation in east London | |
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| A police officer is in hospital after being shot during an anti-gang operation in east London, Scotland Yard said. | A police officer is in hospital after being shot during an anti-gang operation in east London, Scotland Yard said. |
| Shots were fired as the Met’s specialist firearms unit SCO19 was executing an operation at 12.45pm in Scriven Street, Hackney. A man was arrested at the scene. | Shots were fired as the Met’s specialist firearms unit SCO19 was executing an operation at 12.45pm in Scriven Street, Hackney. A man was arrested at the scene. |
| A male police officer was taken to an east London hospital after suffering a gunshot wound; his family have been informed. The Met has not given details of the condition of the officer. | |
| A 67-year-old resident of Loanda Close, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisals, said he witnessed the shooter clamber across rooftops away from police. | |
| He said the man lives in a house opposite to him and he witnessed the armed police operation unfold. | |
| “I was in my living room watching TV when I saw a load of armed officers outside my house,” he said. | |
| “A black man appeared in the window opposite. They ordered him to remain inside but he threw something out the window. | |
| “The next thing I know I see him running over the rooftops. I then heard a loud bang. A single bang coming from Scriven Street. | |
| “I now know an officer was shot and it was gang-crime related. It’s left me feeling really frightened. My wife died and I live on my own. I’m waiting for my son to come over and sit with me.” | |
| A significant cordon has been put up around Scriven Court, Scriven Street, Clarissa Street and Loanda Close, while several officers and police vehicles remain at the scene. | |
| Ibrahim Payton, who owns Bay’s fish and chip shop opposite the scene of the shooting and witnessed the aftermath, said: “I heard the gunshot. It was so loud and I knew straight away it was a gunshot. | |
| “I looked out the window and saw two men lying in the street withpolice officers around them. One was white, one was black. | |
| “There are so many police officers. They were holding the black guy to the ground, while it looked like they were trying to treat the white guy. I’ve been here for three years and I’ve not seen anything like it.” | |
| Scene at Clarissa St in Haggerston near where police op started. Witnesses say shooter fled from nearby Loanda Close pic.twitter.com/gzo9uc4MlP | |
| Eyewitnesses tweeted that the Haggerston area of Hackney was “going off”, that shots were fired and that police dogs were at the scene. | Eyewitnesses tweeted that the Haggerston area of Hackney was “going off”, that shots were fired and that police dogs were at the scene. |
| There was a shooting earlier today on Stean Street in Haggerston. Police is still around. pic.twitter.com/zmTTdQkD5a | |
| #haggerston is going off. Police all round my flat. Shots fired, dogs etc. | #haggerston is going off. Police all round my flat. Shots fired, dogs etc. |
| LATEST: Police officer taken to hospital suffering gunshot wound #Haggerston #Hackney http://t.co/D1ddr5FvSs pic.twitter.com/Og5GYv4fw4 | LATEST: Police officer taken to hospital suffering gunshot wound #Haggerston #Hackney http://t.co/D1ddr5FvSs pic.twitter.com/Og5GYv4fw4 |