THE widow of a Glasgow policeman who was murdered in the line of duty has said she would ‘hate’ to see every officer routinely armed in the aftermath of the terror attacks in London and Manchester.

Christine Fulton, 57, believes that officers, however, should have more protection.

Her call comes after a British Transport Police officer was stabbed in the face as he took on the three attackers behind the terrorist rampage in London.

An off-duty Metropolitan Police officers was also injured after he fought knifeman with his bare hands.

Christine, from Kilmarnock, said: “I personally would hate to see every officer routinely armed, I really would...but they need protection.

“They need more of them to be carrying tazers and there is a lot more they could be doing.”

Christine was left alone with her seven-month-old baby, Luke, when her husband Lewis was stabbed to death at the age of 28 after answering an emergency call in the Gorbals area of the city on June 17, 1994.

She added: “Things have improved drastically since Lewis died, at least they are all going out now routinely wearing stab proof vests.”

The attacks on the British capital killed seven people and injured dozens more at London Bridge and Borough Market on Saturday night.

The killings were the second terrorist atrocity to hit the country in as many weeks after 22 people were killed by a suicide bomber at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester.

Christine received an MBE for her tireless work helping bereaved families of dead police officers. She launched her charity Care of Police Survivors (COPS) after Lewis was killed by Philip McFadden, a schizophrenic who went berserk after stopping his medication.

She said: “Those officers on Saturday night were incredibly brave. The British Transport Police officer and the Met officer who was off duty could have just quietly walked away but didn’t.

“They are just amazing, these guys that put this uniform on and go out to their work. It is a job like no other.”

She added: “The threats they are facing now, it would have never crossed Lewis’ mind that he would walk round the corner and bump into a terrorist. Whereas every officer has to face that fact everyday.

“For those officers, from the first call to having dealt with the situation in eight minutes. it is just so commendable. I am in awe of them, they are just wonderful.”

Christine previously told the Evening Times how the charity has changed her life completely, and those families of police officers killed in the line of duty have particularly relied on the service in the wake of the recent terror attacks.

Christine said: "We had some people who cancelled going to a concert they had tickets for a few days after the Manchester incident.

"They actually cancelled because their children were so upset at that thought they had already lost their dad they could not get over the thought of losing their mum at something they perceived as dangerous. But we support each other."

For more information on COPS, visit http://www.ukcops.org/