'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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