An investigation has been launched after armed police opened fire on a man following a stabbing.
Bedfordshire Police were called to a flat in Luton to reports that a woman was being threatened with a knife.
Neighbours told the Daily Mail a man was seen ‘holding a blade to the woman’s throat’ during a ‘volatile’ row just before 1pm on Tuesday.
Officers arrived at the address in Cardigan Street and one fired four shots, while another fired a baton round, according to the police watchdog.
This appears to have struck the man in the arm and leg, and he was taken to hospital with
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