Re: Shot man in London not connected to bombings
"For somebody to lose their life in such circumstances is a tragedy and one that the Metropolitan Police Service regrets," a police spokesman said on customary condition of anonymity.
Re: Shot man in London not connected to bombings
It really is unfortunate. The UK seems to be on a slippery slope to killing civil liberties.
Re: Shot man in London not connected to bombings
Globo television reported that a cousin of the victim recognized his body.
The cousin said that Menezes had lived legally in the British capital for three years, and was going to work when he was shot.
Police who were staking out his residence chased Menezes into the London subway Friday where they tackled him and shot him five times in the head, according to witnesses.
London police issued a statement Saturday saying the victim had no connection with the terrorist attacks on the city Thursday.
An official of the Brazilian foreign ministry declined to confirm to AFP the victim's name or nationality, saying they were waiting from information from Scotland Yard.
Re: Shot man in London not connected to bombings
A Muslim spokesman said it was frightening that police had license to kill people on suspicion and that people would be afraid now to walk the streets or ride the subway.
A spokesman for the Muslim Association of Britain, Azzam Tamimi, said "people will be afraid to walk the streets now, to take the tube.
"I feared that we'd arrive at this conclusion," he told the British Broadcasting Corp. "To give license to people to shoot someone dead like that on the basis of suspicion is very frightening."
"The problem in this particular incident is that the person seems to be colored, seems to be Asian. Now he can be of any religion, from any roots or region. This will cause a great anxiety and concern," Tamimi said.