On Monday, British prime minister Theresa May backed the "shoot to kill" policy which stopped the London Bridge attackers Saturday night, saying she would not allow terrorism to defeat the UK
"I absolutely support 'shoot to kill' and I think what we saw on our streets on Saturday is how important that was," she said at a speech in Central London. "Those police officers, within eight minutes, had shot three attackers and killed them and that saved countless lives."
"Shoot to kill" is a departure for London's armed police which had been operating under a "shoot to incapacitate" order. The policy has been controversial and May's Labor opponent in the coming elections, Jeremy Corbyn, opposed it in 2015. "You end up with a war in the streets is not a good thing," he said at the time.
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