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| Police report clears officers who shot Brazilian De Menezes: newspaper |
| 2006-01-12 |
| LONDON (AFP) - The two police officers who shot dead a Brazilian man after mistaking him for a suicide bomber have been cleared of any wrongdoing in an internal report, London's Evening Standard said. The newspaper claimed a Metropolitan Police investigation into the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes found the marksmen correctly followed guidelines for dealing with such a situation. The Evening Standard cited no sources for the claim and a Scotland Yard spokesman told AFP they would not comment while a separate Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigation was being carried out. A second IPCC probe is looking into the conduct of Britain's most senior police officer, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair, in the aftermath of the shooting after claims from De Menezes' family he misinformed the public. A number of British newspapers have claimed in recent months that the IPCC report would conclude that the officers who pulled the trigger would not face criminal charges but no official announcement has yet been made. De Menezes, 27, was killed at Stockwell Underground station in south London on July 22, 2005, the day after an alleged attempt to replicate the July 7 attacks on the British capital's public transport system. A total of 56 people, including the four suspected Islamic extremist suicide bombers, died in the attacks while more than 700 were injured. |
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| #1 British bullets, why do they hate us? |
| Posted by: The Angry Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2006-01-12 19:59 |