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They not only killed Diesel, a seven-year-old Belgian Shepherd, but wounded neighbours and threatened at least five other policemen with their reckless shooting.

Their shields and body armour were all hit by round upon round of Brenneke bullets -ones widely used by special forces - during the attack on a house in the suburb of Saint-Denis in November.

It led to the deaths of at least two terrorists who had taken part in the attacks on Paris that month in which 130 people were killed.

But those inside the house only had one automatic pistol between them, and were in no position to fight back with any kind of effectiveness.