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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (4359)	7/22/2005 8:14:01 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9838

'SUICIDE BOMBER' SHOT Police have killed a suspected suicide bomber at a Tube station in south London. Armed officers opened fire on the suspect after he hurdled a ticket barrier and raced along a platform at Stockwell station. Police screamed at passengers to evacuate and are thought to have shot the suspect as he stumbled on to a train. Alarmed onlookers said they saw up to 10 plain-clothed officers chasing an Asian-looking man before opening fire. Witness Mark Whitby was on the train as he saw a big man wearing a large coat and "looking absolutely petrified" lurch through the doors. Admitting to being "totally distraught", he went on: "He half-tripped, was half-pushed to the floor. "The policeman nearest to me had the black automatic pistol in his left hand, he held it down to the guy and unloaded five shots into him." Unconfirmed reports suggest the man was involved in Thursday's assault on the capital. Stockwell Tube alert If the suspect is proved to be a suicide bomber, it would mark the fifth attempted terrorist attack on London in less than a day. A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "We can confirm that just after 10am armed officers shot a male at Stockwell Underground station. "A man was challenged by officers and subsequently shot. London Ambulance Service attended the scene. He was pronounced dead at the scene." Police are believed to be under orders to shoot to kill if they believe someone is about to detonate a bomb. Sky News Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt said: "The officer or officers involved in this clearly felt this suspect was about to detonate a bomb." Three eyewitnesses were taken to a nearby veterinary surgery by police before being taken away for interview. Tube services on the Northern Line have been suspended at the request of police but the Victoria is running again. An earlier bomb threat targeting a mosque in east London has been given the all-clear by police.