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05/08/2009
Waterloo Shooting Probed
A police officer has been injured in an incident involving a shooting near Waterloo station in London.
The news emerged this afternoon as police flooded the location at The Cut in central London.
Members of the specialist CO19 unit arrived at the scene to investigate shortly after 3pm.
These armed officers attended with police dogs and have cleared an area of around 500 yards from the shooting.
Meanwhile, a Metropolitan Police spokesman said an officer had suffered a thigh injury, but did not confirm whether it was linked to the reported shooting.
"He has been taken to a south London hospital as a precaution. No arrests have been made. Inquiries continue."
A London Ambulance Service spokesman said a second person was also taken to hospital with minor injuries.
"We were called just after 3.10pm this afternoon to reports of a shooting in Southwark Bridge Road.
"We sent two ambulance crews and a duty officer. Two patients were taken to hospital with minor injuries."
(BMcC/KMcA)
The news emerged this afternoon as police flooded the location at The Cut in central London.
Members of the specialist CO19 unit arrived at the scene to investigate shortly after 3pm.
These armed officers attended with police dogs and have cleared an area of around 500 yards from the shooting.
Meanwhile, a Metropolitan Police spokesman said an officer had suffered a thigh injury, but did not confirm whether it was linked to the reported shooting.
"He has been taken to a south London hospital as a precaution. No arrests have been made. Inquiries continue."
A London Ambulance Service spokesman said a second person was also taken to hospital with minor injuries.
"We were called just after 3.10pm this afternoon to reports of a shooting in Southwark Bridge Road.
"We sent two ambulance crews and a duty officer. Two patients were taken to hospital with minor injuries."
(BMcC/KMcA)
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