Seems the police are going to have to do a lot of explaining for this one.
Oh...CO19 should be SO19 I believe.
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http://www.itv.com/news/index_1677571.html
ITV News has obtained secret documents and photographs that detail why
police shot Jean Charles De Menezes dead on the tube.
The Brazilian electrician was killed on 22 July, the day after the series of
failed bombings on the tube and bus network.
The crucial mistake that ultimately led to his death was made at 9.30am when
Jean Charles left his flat in Scotia Road, South London.
Surveillance officers wrongly believed he could have been Hussain Osman, one
of the prime suspects, or another terrorist suspect.
By 10am that morning, elite firearms officers were provided with what they
describe as "positive identification" and shot De Menezes eight times in the
head and upper body.
The documents and photographs confirm that Jean Charles was not carrying any
bags, and was wearing a denim jacket, not a bulky winter coat, as had
previously been claimed.
He was behaving normally, and did not vault the barriers, even stopping to
pick up a free newspaper.
He started running when we saw a tube at the platform. Police had agreed
they would shoot a suspect if he ran.
A document describes CCTV footage, which shows Mr de Menezes entered
Stockwell station at a "normal walking pace" and descended slowly on an
escalator.
The document said: "At some point near the bottom he is seen to run across
the concourse and enter the carriage before sitting in an available seat.
"Almost simultaneously armed officers were provided with positive
identification."
A member of the surveillance team is quoted in the report. He said: "I heard
shouting which included the word `police' and turned to face the male in the
denim jacket.
"He immediately stood up and advanced towards me and the CO19 officers. I
grabbed the male in the denim jacket by wrapping both my arms around his
torso, pinning his arms to his side.
"I then pushed him back on to the seat where he had been previously sitting.
I then heard a gun shot very close to my left ear and was dragged away onto
the floor of the carriage."
The report also said a post mortem examination showed Mr de Menezes was shot
seven times in the head and once in the shoulder, but three other bullets
missed, with the casings left lying in the tube carriage.
Police have declined to comment while the mistaken killing is still being
investigated.