Officers will be given Heckler and Koch assault rifles and Kalashnikov-resistant shields for first time in French capitalParisian police will be given assault rifles and Kalashnikov-resistant shields in a first for the French capital’s officers,nearly four months after a devastating terrorism attack killed 130 people, the interior minister said on Monday.[br]The weapons, and up until now reserved for elite intervention forces,will allow members of certain police units to intervene as fast as possible to reinforce the first patrols, notably when we are confronted with mass killings”, and said the minister,Bernard Cazeneuve.
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Source: theguardian.com