Woman, 27, charged after Nottingham police officer shot in foot
Aisha Zaman has been charged with firearms offences after an officer was shot while approaching two people at a bus stop in Nottingham.
Nottinghamshire Police have charged a 27-year-old woman following a shooting in which one of their officers was wounded in Nottingham city centre. Aisha Zaman, who lives on Collison Street in the Hyson Green area, faces two firearms counts: possessing a prohibited weapon and possessing it with intent to commit an indictable offence. The Crown Prosecution Service was consulted before the charges were brought.
Police said the officer was hit in the foot as he went up to a man and a woman waiting at a bus stop on Angel Row in the early hours of Sunday, just before 04:50. He is being treated in hospital and is described as stable.
Zaman is now in custody and is set to face Nottingham Magistrates' Court on Friday. Six other people have been arrested over the incident: two men, aged 24 and 30, and two women, aged 25 and 21, on suspicion of assisting an offender, and a 35-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman on suspicion of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life and assisting an offender. Police said the 35-year-old man and the 33-year-old woman remain in custody.
Senior investigating officer Rich Bull said he was grateful for the public's support for his injured colleague and that detectives were pursuing several lines of inquiry. Nottingham city council leader Neghat Khan said she was shaken by the attack and praised the courage shown by police and community safety officers.
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What we know
- Aisha Zaman, 27, has been charged with two firearms offences after a police officer was shot in Nottingham.
- The officer was shot in the foot while approaching two people at a bus stop on Angel Row shortly before 04:50 on Sunday.
- He remains in hospital in a stable condition.
- Six other people have been arrested in connection with the incident; police said two of them, a 35-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman, remain in custody.
Why it matters for Europe
An officer being shot while responding to a routine call is rare in the UK, where police are not routinely armed, and the case has drawn a strong public and political response, including from the city council leader. The number of arrests, now seven including Zaman, points to a wider investigation into who supplied or helped conceal the firearm.
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Reported by 5 reports from 5 independent outlets in 2 countries.
- Sky News: Three more arrests over Nottingham police officer shooting
- The Independent: Police make three more arrests after shooting of officer in Nottingham
- BBC News: Woman charged after police officer injured in shooting
- The Independent: Woman, 27, charged over shooting of police officer in Nottingham
- The Guardian: Woman charged over shooting of police officer in Nottingham
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Questions and answers
- Who has been charged over the Nottingham police officer shooting?
- Aisha Zaman, 27, has been charged with possession of a prohibited firearm and possession of that firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence.
- How is the injured officer doing?
- Nottinghamshire Police said he remains in hospital in a stable condition after being shot in the foot.
- How many people have been arrested in connection with the incident?
- Six people in total, including Zaman; four others remain in custody on suspicion of assisting an offender or possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life.
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