Tag: London Underground

• Saturday, May 27th 2017 - 13:53 UTC

  Armed police patrolling UK trains and rail network

  

  Armed police officers are patrolling on board trains in the United Kingdom for the first time. British Transport Police (BTP) announced the measure in a bid to “disrupt and deter criminal activity” on the rail network after the UK terror threat level rose to critical in the wake of the Manchester attack.

• Thursday, March 31st 2016 - 00:28 UTC

  European Court supports UK ruling on Brazilian mistakenly shot dead in 2005

  

  British authorities were right not to prosecute police officers over the killing of a Brazilian man who was shot dead on the London Underground after being mistaken for a suicide bomber, a European court ruled on Wednesday.