Police officer shot dead while trying to detain man at London custody centre

a double stabbing in north Manchester.He was said by police to be in a 'critical' condition.A second man, who suffered knife wounds and went to hospital of his own accord later, was said to be in a 'serious condition'.Armed police and emergency services were scrambled to Church Lane in Moston at 2.40pm on Tuesday.Detectives said initial enquiries have found 'a group of individuals had been involved in an altercation'.One witness said they heard a car crash into another car before fighting broke

Matiu Ratana died in hospital after he was shot at Croydon Custody Centre in south London in the early hours of Friday.

A police officer shot dead in South London has been named as Sergeant Matiu Ratana.The 54-year-old died in hospital after a handcuffed suspect opened fire at Croydon Custody Centre in the early hours of Friday.The 23-year-old suspect, who had been arrested for possession of Class B drugs with intent to supply and possession of ammunition, also shot himself during the incident at about 2.15am and is in a critical but stable condition in hospital.No police firearms were fired and the case is not

A police officer has been shot dead while trying to detain a man at Croydon Police Station in south London.The officer was shot by the 23-year-old in the early hours of Friday morning.In a statement, Scotland Yard said: "At approximately 0215 on Friday, September 25 the officer was shot by a man who was being detained at Croydon Custody Centre in Windmill Lane."Officers and paramedics treated him at the scene and he was taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service.

One of three officers involved in the Louisville, Ky., drug operation that led to the police shooting death of Breonna Taylor in March 2020 was indicted Wednesday on criminal charges. State Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced in a press conference that Officer Brett Hankison, who the department fired earlier this year, was indicted on three counts of wanton endangerment in the first degree.

A Kentucky grand jury on Wednesday indicted a single police officer for shooting into neighbouring apartments but did not move forward with charges against any officers for their role in Breonna Taylor’s death.

Documents have revealed a spate of problems at a Tameside pub which was shut down for ‘repeatedly breaching coronavirus regulations’ – including a DJ playing loud music and customers brawling.The Jolly Hatters pub in Denton was served with a Direction to Close Notice by Tameside council on Friday, September 18.The town hall said it was in response to the premises posing a ‘serious and imminent threat to public health’.Now council reports reveal that the Town Lane venue has been a ‘premises of

Firefighters are working through the night to tackle a huge blaze that has ripped through a barn in Cheshire.The fire broke out at a secluded farm, near Knutsford, on Tuesday afternoon (September 22).Five fire engines - four from Cheshire and one from Greater Manchester - raced to the scene at Marthall Lane, in Marthall, just after 1pm.On arrival the crews discovered that the steel-framed barn was well alight.The 40 x 28 metre building contains a large quantity of hale bales stacked from the

Police have released images of two men they want to speak to in connection to a robbery at a south Manchester pharmacy. At around 11.10am on August 10, officers were called to Fog Lane in Burnage.