Metropolitan Police defends officers after suspect tasered and dogs shot dead
Police officers shot dead two dogs in front of screaming witnesses
The Metropolitan Police has defended its officers after a suspect was tasered and two dogs were shot in front of screaming witnesses.
Footage posted on social media showed officers pursuing a man holding the two dogs on a short lead along a canal in Limehouse, East London on Sunday afternoon.
The situation then appeared to become heated, as the man was tasered to the floor and the animals were shot dead.
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