Suspect shot by police after woman’s ‘pub hostage’ call

Tunisia terror attacks: 7 get life in prison

AN ARMED police officer ‘unintentionally’ shot a suspect while responding to a report that a woman was being held captive in a pub yesterday.

A woman rang police at around 4am, saying another female was being held by armed men in The Anchor, in Lewisham, South-East London. Officers stopped a car near Blackheath that had driven from the pub.

‘During the vehicle stop, a police firearm was unintentionally discharged,’ a Scotland Yard statement said.

They arrested the wounded man, believed to be in his 20s, whose injuries were not thought to be life-threatening. He was being treated in hospital.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said it had launched an inquiry into the incident.

Scotland Yard said six other men were arrested – one in the car and five in the pub.

No woman was found during a search of the pub.

Detective Chief Inspector James Stanyer said: ‘It is vital that we hear again from the original caller in this case.’ SEVEN militants have been jailed for life for their part in the terror attacks in Tunisia that killed 60 people, including 30 British tourists.

Gunman Seifeddine Rezgui killed 38 people – mainly Britons – in the beach resort of Port El Kantaoui in June 2015, before being shot by security forces. Three months earlier, 22 were killed in an attack by three gunmen at the Bardo national museum in Tunis.

Of the other 37 defendants in Tunis, ten received jail terms ranging from six months to 16 years, while charges against 27 suspects were dismissed. Prosecutors said they would appeal some of the verdicts.

Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for the attacks, which devastated the country’s tourism industry and prompted foreign governments to issue travel warnings.