London mayor’s bodyguards relieved of duties after bag of guns ‘misplaced’
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“London mayor’s protection officers relieved of duties after bag of guns ‘misplaced’”
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“A pregnant passer-by found the bag, containing guns, a taser and ammunition, on a road outside Sadiq Khan’s home”
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“Scaffolder Jordan Griffiths told The Sun that his pregnant girlfriend found the bag in south London on Tuesday evening.”
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Wikipedia evidence is unrelated to the claim (discography, LGBTQ characters, unsolved murders). No independent sources corroborate the statement about Jordan Griffiths' girlfriend finding the bag.
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“Inside the bag was an MP5 semi-automatic Heckler & Koch carbine, a Glock pistol, taser and ammunition, the newspaper reported.”
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Wikipedia confirms the existence of the MP5, Glock pistol, and taser (Heckler & Koch MP5, G36, and MP7 entries). However, the specific context of these weapons being in a bag found in London is not directly confirmed by the evidence.
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— The Heckler & Koch G36 (German: Gewehr 36) is an assault rifle designed in the early 1990s by German weapons manufacturer Heckler & Koch. It is chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO, and replaced the heavier G3…
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— The Heckler & Koch MP5 (German: Maschinenpistole 5, lit. 'Submachine gun 5') is a submachine gun developed in the 1960s by German firearms manufacturer Heckler & Koch. It uses a similar modular design…
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— The Heckler & Koch MP7 (German: Maschinenpistole 7) is a personal defense weapon chambered for the HK 4.6×30mm armor-piercing cartridge designed by German defence manufacturer Heckler & Koch.
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“My partner saw the bag sitting in the road by the kerbside and became suspicious. She went over to it and kicked it to see what it might be. But it was really heavy and didn’t move”
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“The bag was really heavy. I thought it might be full of coins and took it inside using both my hands because of its weight. I took it upstairs and put it on my bed and opened the bag up. I could not believe my eyes.”
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