Ms Glass spent the morning speaking to community representatives and senior officers at the Metropolitan Police. The Met’s counter-terrorism operation at the scene continues to have priority over the IPCC’s investigation into the shooting.. Deborah Glass, IPCC Commissioner for London and the South East, said: “The incident was referred to the IPCC immediately and investigators were deployed to the scene. “Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) was worn as a precautionary measure The risk to the public is considered to be very low. The HPA continues to provide ongoing advice to officers at the scene.” The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) announced it will use its own investigators to examine the shooting. In a statement, the agency said: “The HPA provided expert advice to the police and other emergency services on the potential health risks of the raid to officers and members of the public.

The HPA said the risk to the public from harmful substances was considered to be “very low”. Some of the officers in Lansdown Road were wearing blue boiler suits over what appeared to be black plastic chemical outfits with hoods as well as black plastic over-shoes. There were explosives officers and firearms officers at the scene. Plain-clothes officers could be seen driving in the area in unmarked cars, including Range Rovers, and many uniformed officers were still waiting in police vans and hired vans around the scene. Following the raid, police sealed off a large area between Green Street and Katherine Road, close to East Ham Memorial Hospital. We are very sociable people, this street in particular.” She said the children of the family were born in the UK.

Salim Mala, 42, who runs a shop less than 200 yards from the scene of the raid, said the area was a “mixed community” with a large number of Bengali and Pakistani families who have lived there for some time and a recent influx of people from eastern Europe Other neighbours said it was a “typical east London area”. Lots of young Muslims these days are getting more religious, especially after 9/11 It’s nothing to be suspicious about “It’s a friendly area, especially this street It’s very friendly, we all know each other. Dimple Hirani, 21, a student at London Metropolitan University, said she might have gone to school with one of the teenage boys from the family. She said: “If it’s the house I’m thinking of, I went to school with one of the lads They were really nice lads and really nice people “I never thought anything of it.

They are Pakistani.” The neighbour, who asked not to be named, said police had been seen near the house about a week ago. “There were three or four police vans there last week,” she said. “I have seen the people who live there but they don’t talk to us. A woman living opposite the raided house said: “The police have put a tent up outside the house There are 30 or 40 officers there Last night there were over 100.