Met Police shoot dead two dogs and Taser man in Poplar

Met Police shoot dead two dogs and Taser man in Poplar

BBC

The Metropolitan Police has defended its handling of an incident in which two dogs were shot dead and a man was Tasered.

The force said it was called just after 17:00 BST on Sunday to a woman being attacked by a dog in Commercial Road, east London.

Footage on social media showed a man holding two dogs on nearby Limehouse Cut before he was Tasered and the dogs shot.

The force said a man has been arrested.

‘Significant threat’

One video showed a group of officers holding a catcher pole, riot shield and gun approaching the man and the

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