Increased police deployment on trains and at railway stations

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[TaplowGreen]

............this is starting to sound like an Alan Partridge phone-in! 

[Chris from Nailsea]

An update news item, from the BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) - and from which I will deliberately quote quite selectively here, purely in the context of our previous discussion on this topic:

London attack: Video emerges of police shooting



A video has emerged showing armed police shooting dead the three men who carried out the London terror attack.

CCTV^▸ (Closed Circuit Tele-Vision) footage shows the three men attacking a pedestrian in Borough Market before charging at armed officers. The men are then shot dead.


The video shows armed officers getting out of a police car


They can then be seen pointing rifles at the three men


Officers then surround the men having shot them

The new footage - which first emerged on social media - shows police shooting dead the men within seconds of arriving in Borough Market.

Police have been praised for ending the attack within eight minutes of the first 999 call.

The video shows a person walking into shot, before being chased and apparently being stabbed by the three men.

While the attack is ongoing, armed police arrive, prompting the three men to then charge at officers. However, the three men are shot dead within seconds.

Armed officers can then be seen examining the bodies of the men, who were wearing fake suicide vests.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission has said 46 shots had been fired at the three attackers by eight police officers - five from the Met and three from the City of London force.

The footage makes both compelling and harrowing viewing. The first grainy images show a man being set upon by the three attackers as he walks along one of the narrow roads around Borough Market.

They repeatedly stab him, bundling him to the ground, before a police car arrives. Armed officers, guns raised, get out of the car. Six seconds later the attackers are dead.

The speed, professionalism, nerve and expertise shown by the firearms officers shines through in the video. Their actions undoubtedly saved many lives.

A British Transport Police officer who was seriously injured after confronting the three attackers armed only with a baton has said he did "everything I could" to fight them off.  The officer, who has not been named, has been praised for his bravery, and added: "I want to say sorry to the families that lost their loved ones. I'm so sorry I couldn't do more."