Shot man not connected to bombing

Stockwell stationA man shot dead by police hunting the bombers behind Thursday’s London attacks was a Brazilian electrician unconnected to the incidents. The man, who died at Stockwell Tube on Friday, has been named by police as Jean Charles de Menezes, 27.

Dr Azzam Tamimi from the Muslim Association of Britain told BBC News the police should review their procedures. “Frankly it doesn’t matter whether he is a Muslim or not, he is a human being. It is human lives that are being targeted whether by terrorists or whether in this case unfortunately, by people who are supposed to be chasing or catching the terrorists.”

BBC News, 24 July 2005

See also BBC News, 23 July 2005