The rest of that story is that guy shot in London was there on an expired visa that also had stamps inside of it forged...
That probably explains why he ran..
Not so innocent?
UK: Brazilian gun victim on forged papers
LONDON, July 29 (UPI) -- The innocent Brazilian man shot to death by police on suspicion of being a suicide bomber was in Britain on forged documents, the Home Office said.
Jean Charles de Menezes, 27, was shot eight times by plainclothes officers at Stockwell underground station last week. He had been followed after emerging from an apartment block linked to the July 21 bomb attempts by an address found in one of the rucksacks used. Challenged by officers as he entered the station, he reportedly jumped the ticket barrier and ran onto a waiting train, where he was pinned to the floor and shot.
His family denied initial reports suggesting his visa had expired, and said he would not have run when challenged.
However, the Home Office confirmed Thursday night de Menezes' student visa expired more than two years ago.
In a carefully worded statement, officials suggested the residency stamp in his passport was not genuine.
"We have seen a copy of Mr. de Menezes's passport containing a stamp apparently giving him indefinite leave to remain in the U.K.," a spokesman said.
"On investigation, this stamp was not one that was in use by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate on the date given."
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Some TASR update>
Use of Taser on bomber 'incredible risk'
LONDON, July 29 (UPI) -- British police chief Sir Ian Blair has criticized the use of a Taser in the arrest of July 21 bomb suspect Yassin Hassan Omar.
"It's an incredible risk to use a taser on a suicide bomber," he said on a special BBC program, "Questions of Security," Thursday night.
The Metropolitan Police commissioner said such action was not "policy" but the officers may have made sure there was no bomb present.
"The Taser itself could have set it off," he said.
He defended the killing of innocent Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes last week by officers who mistook him for a suicide bomber, saying in such a situation shooting to kill was the only option.
"Despite everything that's been said here, there is only one way to stop someone who is a suicide bomber, which is to kill that person," Sir Ian said.
West Midlands Police, who apprehended Omar in Birmingham Wednesday, issued a statement saying each situation was unique.
"The information and intelligence would have been different, the threat levels to officers and the public was different."
Both incidents were subject to inquiry by the Independent Police Complaints Commission, they said. |
