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  • New claims over bungled shooting of Brazilian (London Bombing)

    08/16/2005 4:20:27 PM PDT · by Shermy · 70 replies · 2,299+ views
    London Times ^ | August 17, 2005
    The Brazilian electrician mistakenly killed by police in the aftermath of the second London bombings was being restrained by an officer before he was shot eight times as he was sitting on a Tube train, it emerged tonight. Witness statements and photographs from an independent police investigation leaked to ITV News also show that Jean Charles de Menezes did not run away from police at Stockwell Tube station in South London and was wearing only a denim jacket before he was shot dead on July 22. The evidence contradicts claims from the Metropolitan Police at the time that the Brazilian’s...