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Three policemen were murdered on 12 August 1966. The entire police force of London was alerted tonight following the killing of three CID men in a road outside Wormwood Scrubs prison this afternoon. The three policemen had stopped in their car to question some men on a parked car in the road alongside the prison when the shots rang out, one being shot through the windscreen of the police car. Photo shows detectives on their knees searching the ground for clues this evening while one of the policemen's bodies lies covered in the background (right). Behind can be seen the buildings of the prison. (KEYSTONE/United Archives / TopFoto/loeschen)