London police shocked by rare fatal shooting of officer

A general view of the south London custody facility where a police officer was shot dead on Friday.

By admin Last updated Sep 25, 2020

A general view of the custody centre where a British police officer has been shot dead in Croydon, south London, Britain, 25 September 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

London (CNN)A police officer in London died after being shot in the early hours of Friday by a man who was being detained, in a rare fatal shooting of a UK police officer.

The incident occurred in the early hours of Friday at Croydon Custody Centre in south London, the city’s Metropolitan Police Service said.

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Fellow officers and paramedics treated the officer at the scene, according to a police statement. However, he later died of his injuries at the hospital.

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