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A police officer needed hospital treatment after suffering a self-inflicted gunshot wound in an accident at a military training facility yesterday.
The officer, who is attached to the Metropolitan Police's Specialist Firearms Command, was taking part in a training exercise at Fingringhoe Ranges, near Colchester, Essex.
Few details have been released about the incident although the Met said 'no other officers were directly involved'.
The individual, who hasn't been identified, sustained non-life-threatening injuries and has since been discharged from hospital.
A force spokesman said: 'While the full circumstances will be the subject of a thorough investigation, initial indications are that this was an accident and that no other officers were directly involved.
There is to be an investigation after a specialist officer was wounded by a self-inflicted gunshot during an exercise at Fingringhoe Ranges, in Essex
The Metropolitan Police officer has been discharged from hospital. Fingringhoe Ranges is also used by the British Army for exercises
'We are providing the officer and his colleagues with
