London Police Shot Dead Point-Blank an Un-Armed Man at Underground Subway Station
July 22, 2005 "I saw the gun being fired five times into the guy -- he is dead. I was sitting on the train reading my paper. I heard a load of noise, people saying, 'Get out, get down'!
Read here original article"One of them (London Police) 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.....He did NOT seem to be carrying a weapon or wearing a rucksack. "
London police reportedly shot a man five times in the head, instantly killing him, at the Stockwell Tube Underground subway station in south London Friday, July 22, after chasing him down, eyewitnesses and police said.
- Eyewitness
A police spokesman said, "We can confirm that just after 10 am (0900 GMT) armed officers entered Stockwell Tube station. A man was challenged by officers and subsequently shot... He was pronounced dead at the scene," according to Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Witnesses quoted by BBC News 24 and Sky News said a man was shot by London Police, and by one account, at point blank by one of the police officers.
Passenger Mark Whitby told BBC News he had seen the man shot five times by "plain-clothes police officers" with a handgun. He was quoted by BBC as saying:
The eyewitness added the man did NOT seem to be carrying a weapon or wearing a rucksack like those used in the July 7 suicide bombings or, reportedly, in Thursday's failed attacks.
I saw an Asian guy run onto the train hotly pursued by three plain-clothes police officers.
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."
Police gave no further details on the circumstances of the shooting, saying the Stockwell situation was "ongoing" and there was no word from the political circles, citing "still ongoing operational situations", according to the BBC.
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