Posted on 07/22/2005 6:26:56 AM PDT by areafiftyone
A press conference being held by the Metropolitan Police following the shooting of a suspected suicide bomber in south London this morning has been delayed.
The conference at the QE2 centre in Westminster is now due to start at 2.45pm.
The suspected bomber was shot dead by police after boarding a stationary Northern line train at Stockwell Tube station.
Eyewitnesses said the man had been carrying a large rucksack, was wearing a thick overcoat and looked "petrified, like a cornered fox".
Police ordered passengers off the train before opening fire on the man.
The incident followed four attempted bombings in the capital on Thursday.
We will be covering the conference live here.
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I heard that also. I wasn't sure at first, I asked my wife if she heard the same thing.
I also heard the suspect was armed.
It would have been good to get him alive to interrogate him.
First report I've heard that he was carrying a large rucksack. So far, the reports have just said that he didn't have explosives under his coat. If he had a large rucksack AND was wearing a heavy padded winter coat in the middle of summer, no wonder they shot him. Good going Brits!
...according to an eye-witness being interviewed.
???? just reporting what Steve Ducey stated...
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