'Man shot dead was not a bomber'
various | 22.07.2005 21:17
The man was held down and shot five times. Why would "police" shoot somebody AFTER they had apprehended him? Perhaps to keep him from repeating what he had witnessed, or who he worked for?
'Man shot dead was not a bomber'
Saturday July 23 2005 00:00 IST
Reuters
LONDON: A man shot dead by police at a London Underground station on Friday was not one of the four bombers who tried to attack the city's transport system on Thursday, Sky Television reported citing security sources.
"This is what I am picking up from security sources that the man who was shot this (Friday) morning at Stockwell tube wasn't one of those four bombers that police are hunting," Sky reporter Martin Brunt said.
A spokesman for London's Metropolitan Police said only: "the gentleman shot at Stockwell today has yet to be identified, so it would be impossible to link him to anything at this stage."
Police shot the man a day after four attempted bomb attacks in London and 15 days after bombers killed more than 50 people in the British capital.
Police said the shooting was part of an operation directly linked to an "anti-terrorist" probe.
They said they were still looking for four men in connection with Thursday's attacks, which caused chaos but killed no one.
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Police seeking London bombers shoot man dead
Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:26 PM ET
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LONDON (Reuters) - Police shot dead a man at a London underground rail station on Friday and issued photographs of four men wanted urgently in connection with Thursday's botched attempts to bomb the city's transport network.
They shot the man at Stockwell station in south London, close to the scene of one of Thursday's four attempted attacks.
The attempts on three underground trains and a bus unsettled commuters coming two weeks after bombs ripped through the city's transport network, killing over 50 people and injuring 700.
They also reinforced a sense of unease that after attacks in New York, Madrid and elsewhere militants linked to al Qaeda had turned their attention to Britain.
Witnesses spoke of panic as a man of south Asian appearance wearing a heavy jacket vaulted over barriers at the station as he was chased, tackled, then shot.
"I've never seen anything like it in my life. I saw them kill a man basically. I saw them shoot a man five times," witness Mark Whitby told BBC television.
Police said the man was connected to their investigation but did not say how.
"(He) is still subject to formal identification and it is not yet clear whether he is one of the four people we are seeking to identify and whose pictures have been released today," they said in a statement.
Sky Television News cited security sources as saying the man was not a bomber.
Later, police arrested a man near Stockwell station, but declined to say if he was one of the four.
Another man was arrested at a train station in the city of Birmingham under anti-terrorism laws but, again, police did not say if he was suspected of involvement in the London attacks.
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Saturday July 23 2005 00:00 IST
Reuters
LONDON: A man shot dead by police at a London Underground station on Friday was not one of the four bombers who tried to attack the city's transport system on Thursday, Sky Television reported citing security sources.
"This is what I am picking up from security sources that the man who was shot this (Friday) morning at Stockwell tube wasn't one of those four bombers that police are hunting," Sky reporter Martin Brunt said.
A spokesman for London's Metropolitan Police said only: "the gentleman shot at Stockwell today has yet to be identified, so it would be impossible to link him to anything at this stage."
Police shot the man a day after four attempted bomb attacks in London and 15 days after bombers killed more than 50 people in the British capital.
Police said the shooting was part of an operation directly linked to an "anti-terrorist" probe.
They said they were still looking for four men in connection with Thursday's attacks, which caused chaos but killed no one.
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By Katherine Baldwin
LONDON (Reuters) - Police shot dead a man at a London underground rail station on Friday and issued photographs of four men wanted urgently in connection with Thursday's botched attempts to bomb the city's transport network.
They shot the man at Stockwell station in south London, close to the scene of one of Thursday's four attempted attacks.
The attempts on three underground trains and a bus unsettled commuters coming two weeks after bombs ripped through the city's transport network, killing over 50 people and injuring 700.
They also reinforced a sense of unease that after attacks in New York, Madrid and elsewhere militants linked to al Qaeda had turned their attention to Britain.
Witnesses spoke of panic as a man of south Asian appearance wearing a heavy jacket vaulted over barriers at the station as he was chased, tackled, then shot.
"I've never seen anything like it in my life. I saw them kill a man basically. I saw them shoot a man five times," witness Mark Whitby told BBC television.
Police said the man was connected to their investigation but did not say how.
"(He) is still subject to formal identification and it is not yet clear whether he is one of the four people we are seeking to identify and whose pictures have been released today," they said in a statement.
Sky Television News cited security sources as saying the man was not a bomber.
Later, police arrested a man near Stockwell station, but declined to say if he was one of the four.
Another man was arrested at a train station in the city of Birmingham under anti-terrorism laws but, again, police did not say if he was suspected of involvement in the London attacks.
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'Man shot dead was not a bomber'
22.07.2005 22:26
Boab
He didn't have a bomb
22.07.2005 23:38
and now that he's dead, he certainly can't be questioned.
so, um, obviously we should be grateful to the authorities, and not for one moment should we stop and wonder if slaying an unarmed man on a tube platform was really necessary? Isn't that right magoo and company?
How do you convince a homicidal maniac that you don't have a bomb?
Before he pulls the trigger?
bang bang bang bang bang
BRB
Trained by Israeli and Sri Lankan forces
23.07.2005 07:56
mark
Hmm
23.07.2005 08:28
See I think this is where we part company. You start from the point that the Police are "homicidal maniacs", which suggests either an amazingly blinkered understanding of the phrase or a heavy anti-police agenda. Magoo, Pete, etc. all start from the position that the Police do not generally gun down people without a good idea that they need to.
Wait for the facts. Although the "Police are murderers" lobby may well try to claim that any facts released by the Police as part of their homicidal conspiracy. Sheesh.
Paranoid Pete
So the police only shoot people who deserve it!!
23.07.2005 08:49
If a scotsman with a table leg in a Sainsbury's bag is a legitimate target, bearded men with thick or padded coats will have only themselves to blame.
Skyver Bill
i wonder
23.07.2005 09:39
according to an eye witness "One of them was carrying a black handgun - it looked like an automatic - they pushed him to the floor, bundled on top of him and unloaded five shots into him,"
why would you need to shoot a man that you was clearly already overpowered??
mischief
Airbrushed from History
23.07.2005 13:10
The police are now saying he was a suspected sucide bomber and the very fact this morning papers are not cover with headlines screaming about our heroic polce stopping a sucide bomber dead in his tracks would suggest he was unarmed and did pose an immediate threat. The main police concern now seems to be to change the law so they can kill with impunity anyone they might have cause to suspect. i.e Asian's people in padded jackets and those carrying rucksacks.
Richard
to various/mischief etc
23.07.2005 13:32
not that I'm condoning the cops behaviour - I've been sickened by what's rapidly happening here. They've not released info about his identity, or anything linking him to anything - which either means it'll take 'em a while, or that they were wrong!
hey ho. lotta people dying these days (though not half as many as other parts of the world due to climate chaos, wars fuelled by our consumption/lifestyles etc etc)
as we twiddle our thumbs, the world burns
etcetera
Harry Stanley
23.07.2005 15:10
Why do you defend these criminals that are killed by the police? Oh yeah, because the police bully you at your 'protests.'
M
In reply to M
23.07.2005 16:40
I think you have been watching too many Dirty Harry films mate.
FYI the police have now clearly stated....
"The man shot dead in Stockwell tube station yesterday was not connected to the attempted bombings of London on July 21, police said tonight. Police said the shooting was a "tragedy" and they expressed "regret".
In others words they fucked up and killed an innocent man whose only crime was
a) Being Asian,
b) Wearing a padded jacket
c) Living in a block of flats under Police Survilance
I'm not sure now this justifies 5 bullets in the head, but if the police get their way they won't have to because that nice man Mr Bliar will change the law to ensure that in the future this will be considered a reasonable and restrained response by the forces of 'Law and order'.
If the bombers don't get you the Police will…
Richard
M...
23.07.2005 21:21
If he had previous convictions they would have been irrelevant at the time, and in any case do not justify extra-judicial execution. Finally, the police at the time were said to "beielve" Harry was an Irishman because this is what the person who notofied them reported. They could not have known who Harry was, convictions or otherwise.
Skyver Bill