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Independent probe clears officers in deadly shooting of military veteran

The Canadian PressMay 1, 2013 13:16

SURREY, B.C. - RCMP officers tried to use a Taser to subdue a distraught former Canadian military peacekeeper during a confrontation at his rural northern British Columbia property but the device was ineffective, says an independent report that cleared RCMP officers of any criminal wrongdoing in the death of Greg Matters last September.

Man charged after wielding knife outside Buckingham Palace

Agence France-PresseFebruary 3, 2013 22:45

A man who was shocked by British police with a Taser stun gun as he waved large knives outside Buckingham Palace was charged on Monday with affray and possessing a bladed weapon in public. Talhat Rehman, 54, was due to appear at London's Westminster Magistrates' Court later on Monday, London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement. Rehman, from Harrow in north-west London, was seen ranting and pressing one of the knives to his chest outside the central London palace, just before noon on Sunday.

Police use stun gun on knife-wielding man outside Buckingham Palace

Agence France-PresseFebruary 3, 2013 13:01

A man waving large knives outside Buckingham Palace in the presence of tourists was shocked with a Taser stun gun and arrested on Sunday, police said. Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip were at one of their weekend retreats, in Sandringham eastern England, at the time of the incident that occurred just before 12:00 pm (1200 GMT). "A man was seen outside the (palace's) centre gate in possession of two knives," said a spokesman for the capital's Metropolitan Police force.