Armed officers patrol crowded areas in East Midlands

Busy and crowded places in Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire are being patrolled by firearms officers.

Police say the assessment of the threat from international terrorism has not changed and remains classified as “severe”.

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Armed police are patrolling streets across the East Midlands following the terror attack in Berlin.

Our reporter Phil Brewster has taken these photos in Nottingham of some armed officers patrolling the city centre.

Photos of armed police patrolling Nottingham City Centre. Credit: ITV News Central / Philip Brewster

Firearms officers will be out and about in crowded places in Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire as well.

Photos of armed police patrolling Nottingham City Centre Credit: ITV News Central/Phil Brewster

Busy and crowded places in Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire are being patrolled by firearms officers.

Photos: Armed police patrol Leicester city centre

Armed police are patrolling streets across the East Midlands following the terror attack in Berlin.
Armed officers patrol crowded areas in East Midlands

Busy and crowded places in Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire are being patrolled by firearms officers.