Britain was saddened by the news that a police officer died on duty in northwest London, Sky News reported on Thursday
The 48-year-old police officer, whose name was not released, collapsed trying to capture a man late Wednesday following a domestic incident. The man was arrested on suspicion of murder after the policeman died.
A post-mortem examination will be carried out later to establish the cause of death, the report said.
British Home Office Minister Tony McNulty expressed deep sadness over the death of the policeman. "Events such as this highlight the dangers that our police officers face every day when protecting the public," the minister was quoted as saying.
Two other British policemen died on duty this year. In May, police officer Richard Gray was shot by a man after attending a domestic event in Shrewsbury, western England. Another officer Jonathan Charles Henry was fatally stabbed in June in Luton, northwest of London.
Source: Xinhua
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