Two police officers killed in Greater Manchester shooting
A murder suspect who had been the subject of a vast police manhunt is believed to have lured two unarmed female constables to their deaths, police said, as tributes poured in for the officers who were fatally injured during a gun and grenade attack near Manchester.
Speaking from Greater Manchester police headquarters, where the flag was flying at half mast, Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy said Fiona Bone, 32, and Nicola Hughes, 23, died after going out on routine patrol to check a reported burglary in Hattersley, Tameside, shortly before 11am.
As they arrived at the property in Abbey Gardens, he said, they came under fire from bullets and a grenade.
Creganhanded was subsequently arrested on suspicion of the murder of both officers, as well as on suspicion of two counts of murder in relation to the killings of a father and son, who died in separate attacks this year.