BREAKING: Kent pub shooting: Man shot by police in Hollingbourne as bomb squad swoop on village

A man has been shot by police as a bomb squad and counter-terror officers swarmed in on a quiet village pub on Monday night.

A 100-metre cordon has been put in place near the Park Gate Inn in Hollingbourne, Kent, after police were called out at around 9pm. A man is believed to has sustained life-changing injuries following the incident.

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