A man has died after being shot by a firearms officer during an incident in Luton, Bedfordshire GETTY IMAGESA 24-year-old man was shot dead by police yesterday after reports of a woman being assaulted in a flat. Witnesses said a woman was escorted from the building in Luton, Bedfordshire, by a policeman, followed later by paramedics trying to revive the shot man. A policeman was holding the woman’s hand, though she was not under arrest. “She was crying and looked upset,” a man, who has not been named but who lives near by, said. “There was a police officer running around with a balaclava on and a sniper rifle.

Source: The Times November 10, 2016 00:57 UTC