Officers in Greater London’s police force have put down weapons in protest at colleague’s murder charge

The Metropolitan police has called on the army to provide counter-terrorism support, amid a protest by firearms officers who downed their weapons after a colleague was charged with murder.

Suella Braverman ordered a review of armed policing on Sunday to calm a growing rebellion in response to the charging on Wednesday of a police officer for the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Chris Kaba, who was unarmed when he was killed.

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