Anti-terror chief tells police not to go out on the streets alone amid rising fears of a plot to murder an officer – as Met deploy hundreds more armed officers

‘Police were last night urged to patrol in pairs for their own safety amid rising fears of a terrorist plot to murder an officer on UK streets.

The advice was issued by the nation’s counter-terrorism chief as it was revealed that hundreds of extra firearms officers will be deployed across London.

Fears of an attack in Britain were raised after the atrocities in France that left 17 dead, among them three police officers.’

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