Some U.K. police refuse their guns after officer charged in shooting death

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British prosecutors authorized a murder charge against the unnamed Metropolitan Police officer, who is accused of shooting Chris Kaba dead in South London last year.

Armed officers from neighboring police forces have been asked to support the Metropolitan Police, according to the service’s statement. In addition, Britain’s Ministry of Defense said in a statement that it had received a request to provide “routine counterterrorism contingency support” to the Metropolitan Police, should it be needed.that more than 100 armed officers had turned in their weapons permits. The Washington Post could not independently verify the figure.

“The Met has a significant firearms capability and we continue to have armed officers deployed in communities across London as well as at other sites including Parliament, diplomatic premises, airports,” the police service said. The officer, who has not been named, was charged Wednesday in the fatal Sept. 5, 2022, shooting of Chris Kaba. The 24-year-old, who was shot in South London, was driving an Audi with a license plate number linked to a “firearms incident” from the previous day, according to theAn unmarked police vehicle followed Kaba until around 10:07 p.m., when he turned onto a road where a marked police vehicle was waiting, according to the office.

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