Metropolitan Police defends officers after suspect tasered and dogs shot dead

Police officers shot dead two dogs in front of screaming witnesses

Police officers confronted the suspect in Limehouse, East London (PA)

The Metropolitan Police has defended its officers after a suspect was tasered and two dogs were shot in front of screaming witnesses.

Footage posted on social media showed officers pursuing a man holding the two dogs on a short lead along a canal in Limehouse, East London on Sunday afternoon.

The situation then appeared to become heated, as the man was tasered to the floor and the animals were shot dead.