'unfortunate'

[mrph]

"A man shot dead by police hunting the bombers behind Thursday's London attacks was unconnected to the incidents, police have confirmed.

A Scotland Yard statement said the shooting was a "tragedy" which was regretted by the Metropolitan Police."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4711021.stm

From the initial news report on the shooting, the eyewitness description:

"One of them was carrying a black handgun - it looked like an automatic - they pushed him to the floor, bundled on top of him and unloaded five shots into him"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4706787.stm

Combine the two and you've got a very unfortunate PR incident for the police. And a tragedy for the poor bastard they shot and his family, of course.

Comments

[giggly-teapot.livejournal.com]

odd how the people who are running the inquiry have now found the cctv tape from the tube station missing, and now one of the main witnesses who gave an interview to the t.v. can not be traced. Apparently he supplied a false address and name to ITN.

Just a quick point, not sure if this is true in the light of our media printing total rubbish. Back he didn't go down the escalator, he rode down to the platform in a lift along with one of the SO16 officers. Surely if you think he is a bomber, you would of
a) stopped him getting on the bus
b) shot him in the lift before he got on the train where he might have blown people up.
or am I just missing something?