‘Shoot to Kill: Terror on the Tube' – Met Police officer who shot Jean Charles de Menezes speaks out
Pat Stacey
It's been 20 years since the horrific bombings in London, generally referred to as 7/7, when four Islamist suicide bombers targeted commuters on public transport during the morning rush hour, killing 52 people of 18 nationalities and injuring nearly 800 more.
Two weeks later, after an attempt by four more suicide bombers to wreak further carnage on the city failed when their devices did not detonate, Metropolitan Police officers shot dead an innocent 27-year-old Brazilian electrician called Jean Charles de Menezes, who was taking the Tube to work, believing him to be one of the would-be bombers.
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