Met police
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A £20,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the identification of the parents of three siblings found abandoned in London over eight years. The Metropolitan Police said that despite more than 450 hours of CCTV being reviewed, the parents of the three children, known as Elsa, Roman and Harry, remain unidentified. However,…
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A 22-year-old man has been arrested after an eight-year-old girl and a man were seriously injured in a shooting in west London. The incident on Southern Row in Ladbroke Grove involved a number of people in a vehicle – including a two-year-old child – just after 5.30pm on Sunday. The eight-year-old girl remains in surgery…
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In the Venn diagram of policing and politics, it’s often the Met Police commissioner who gets trapped in the middle. And so once again, Sir Mark Rowley is being pushed and pulled between the public order decisions made by his officers on the ground and the extensive public and political examination that follows. In the case of…
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London mayor Sadiq Khan has confidence in the Met Police chief, MEZIESBLOG understands, amid a row over footage of the force threatening to arrest an “openly Jewish” man. The head of the Metropolitan Police – Sir Mark Rowley – is facing calls to resign after antisemitism campaigner Gideon Falter was threatened with arrest near a…
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The Met Police has retracted its previous statement about two of its officers, who were heavily criticised for threatening to arrest a Jewish man near a pro-Palestinian march. The officers said the antisemitism campaigner, who was wearing a kippah skull cap, was “quite openly Jewish” so they were concerned about the reaction to his presence…
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Three men in their early 20s who died following a fatal car crash near the Brent Cross shopping centre in northwest London have been named by police. Mohamad Zeidani, 21, Mohammed Ghazzi, 21, and Sohail Zulfiqar, 20, died when their Mercedes CLK convertible crashed through a car park fence and down an embankment, before hitting…
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The force has apologised after footage emerged of officers threatening an antisemitism campaigner with arrest near a pro-Palestinian march and describing him as “openly Jewish”. Gideon Falter, chief executive of the Campaign Against Antisemitism, was wearing a kippah skull cap when he was stopped from crossing the road near the demonstration in London on Saturday…
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THE POLICE are searching the Thames for the body of chemical attack suspect Abdul Ezedi. A boat was seen circling near Vauxhall and Chelsea bridges this morning during low tide. Detectives now believe Ezedi is dead after CCTV showed him leaning over railings at Chelsea Bridge on the night of the attack. Ezedi, who went on the…
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Five search warrants and ‘large team’ dedicated to Ezedi manhunt More from the Met Police now – Commander Jon Savell also said police have executed five search warrants. Three of those were in Newcastle while two – as we reported at 2.54pm – were in east London. Police have gathered “significant and important pieces of…
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A mother and a child hurt in a chemical attack in south London may have suffered life-changing injuries, police searching for a “dangerous” suspect say. A mother and her two children were hurt in a chemical attack in south London last night, when a corrosive substance was thrown by a man. The Metropolitan Police says officers “urgently”…
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An XL Bully has been seized and two people have been arrested after a chihuahua puppy was mauled to death in the street, police say. Armed police attended the incident, which took place in Skellow, a village near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, on Friday morning. Officers believe the XL Bully escaped from a nearby home before attacking…
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The home secretary will challenge the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police over the force’s decision not to arrest pro-Palestine protesters calling for “jihad” against Israel. Suella Braverman will tell Sir Mark Rowley later “there can be no place for incitement to hatred or violence” on UK streets and police should “crackdown on anyone breaking the…
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Three people have been arrested following protests in central London over the attack in Israel, Met Police has said. Officers attended demonstrations and vigils this evening, where thousands of people marched in parts of the city. The arrests have been made for assault on an emergency worker, racially-motivated criminal damage and possession of an offensive…
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The Ministry of Defence has placed the army on standby to support the Metropolitan Police after armed officers handed in their weapons. Home Secretary Suella Braverman has launched a review after a growing number of Scotland Yard officers turned in their firearms following a force marksman being charged with the murder of Chris Kaba. The MoD confirmed it will now assist…
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Shadow levelling up secretary Lisa Nandy said that something had ‘gone wrong’ following the arrests of six anti-monarchy protesters ahead of the King’s coronation. Last night (Monday) the Met expressed ‘regret’ over the arrests which meant the demonstraters couldn’t join the wider protests during King Charles’ Coronation. A chief inspector and two other officers personally…
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A man has been arrested after a woman and her five-year-old daughter were stabbed to death in north London on Tuesday. The woman, believed to be 37, and her child were found with stab wounds at a property in Brookside South, Barnet at 1.37pm. Metropolitan police officers, paramedics and the London air ambulance attended but…
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