Headline: Man shot in terror hunt was innocent young Brazilian
Tragic, but there’s a moral: don’t run from police.
Man shot in terror hunt was innocent young Brazilian
Tony Thompson, Gaby Hinsliff and Alexandre Xavier
Sunday July 24, 2005
The Observer
A young Brazilian man, living and working in London as an electrician, emerged last night as the innocent victim shot dead by police in their hunt for the suicide bombers targeting the capital.
The dead man, killed at Stockwell tube station on Friday after fleeing from armed police, was named as 27-year-old Jean Charles de Menezes. His body was identified by Alex Pereira, a cousin who lives in London and who afterwards told The Observer: ‘I can’t believe they shot him, because he was not a terrorist. He was an honest man.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/attackonlondon/story/0,16132,1535246,00.html
It’ll be interesting to hear the results of the independant inquiry. As it stands, I’ll have to stand behind the fact he was shot. Listen to police and that wouldn’t have happened. (Apparently.)