4 h. ago Road closure as bomb disposal team returns to site of police shooting

Plumber Sean O’Meara, 36, was wearing a gas-mask and body armour when he was shot and seriously injured by a police officer on Monday night in Kent.

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6 h. ago Armed police officer filmed kicking suspect in the head in Manchester Airport brawl denies aiming another stamp at him

Zachary Marsden told a court he was trying to clamp his radio wire with his foot when near the head of suspect Mohammed Fahir Amaaz at Manchester airport.

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28 h. ago Man with ‘chainsaw and gas mask’ shot by police who ‘feared gun or bomb’

The man refused to leave a house and armed officers were deployed, the Independent Office for Police Conduct said.

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29 h. ago "No it wasn't": Manchester Airport armed police officer DENIES 'red mist' came over him when he kicked suspect in the head

PC Zachary Marsden said suffered a flurry of blows to the head and wanted to 'stun' the suspect

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31 h. ago Police officer filmed kicking a suspect in the head during Manchester Airport brawl was being 'professional', court hears

Firearms officer Zachary Marsden has admitted kicking suspect Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 20, in the head during the fracas.

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31 h. ago Tour de France fan 'armed with knife' arrested near finish line as police officer injured

An individual has been arrested near the finish of the fourth stage of the Tour de France after he was wielding a knife, according to local reports

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36 h. ago Man is shot by police outside rural pub after armed cops and bomb squad officers rushed to scene

A 100-metre cordon has been put in place around the boozer following the incident, which began shortly after 9pm in Kent,

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6 d. ago Police officer suddenly dies just days after Brazilian butt lift sparks extreme pain

Days after getting a Brazilian butt lift, a young police officer and army reservist with 'bright and promising future' dies after suffering a pulmonary embolism

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7 d. ago Moment hundreds of rioters shouting 'don't protect paedos' clash with police as they arrest man, 38, accused of sending sexual messages to a child

In shocking footage posted online, crowds clashed with officers in Havant, Hampshire, as armed police with riot shields took the 38-year-old into custody.

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2 w. ago Armed police officers swoop after man is stabbed at rush hour near west London Tube station

Viral video on social media shows another assault at Earl’s Court 24 hours earlier

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2 w. ago The Minnesota shootings illuminate the character of the Trump era | Sidney Blumenthal

The attacks on lawmakers and a US senator’s callous reaction tell a dark tale of modern AmericaIn the early morning of 14 June, according to authorities, Vance Luther Boelter, disguised as a police officer and wearing body armor and a face mask, drove his black Ford Explorer SUV, equipped with flashing lights, to the home of the Minnesota state senator John Hoffman. There, he shot Hoffman nine times, critically wounding him, and shot his wife eight times as, relatives say, she threw her body over her daughter to shield her. He next drove to the home of the former house speaker Melissa Hortman, forced his way in, and killed her and her husband, officials say.The police arrived and Boelter fled, abandoning his car. In it they allegedly discovered a “kill list” of dozens of federal and state Democratic officials, mostly from Minnesota but also prominent Democrats in other midwestern states, and the sites of women’s healthcare centers and Planned Parenthood donors. He left behind notebo...

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3 w. ago Terrorist clad in body armour who tried to stab police officer to death and blow up van with molotov cocktail is jailed for life

Alexander Dighton, 28, knocked one officer unconscious and stabbed another in the leg when he launched an attack on Talbot Green Police Station in Rhondda Cynon Taf on January 31.

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3 w. ago Armoured thug stabbed officer and knocked another unconscious in police station attack

Dighton remarked in a police interview he did not consider the scope of damage, ‘merely that blood had to be spilt’

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3 w. ago Armed man who attacked officers outside police station jailed for life

Alexander Dighton was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday afternoon.

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3 w. ago Police issue update after armed officers descend near Greater Manchester bus station

A cordon was in place and two men were arrested

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last month Armed officer sues Police Scotland over suspension after TikTok Tallia Storm incident

Steven Jones is taking Police Scotland to court after being suspended over an incident involving singer Tallia Storm.

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