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Man shot dead by police on Tube

 

Police have cordoned off a 200-metre area around the stationA man has been shot

dead by police at Stockwell Tube station in south London, as officers hunt four

bombing suspects. Police are also searching an address in London's Harrow Road.

Resident Patricia Osbourne said she heard six shots. Scotland Yard said the

raid was one of several taking place in the city after Thursday's attempted

bombings. BBC correspondent Danny Shaw said there were unconfirmed reports

police had said the man shot at Stockwell was the Oval bomb suspect.

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Passenger Mark Whitby told BBC News he had seen a man of Asian appearance shot

five times by "plain-clothes police officers" with a handgun.

They pushed him to the floor, bundled on top of him and unloaded five shots into him

Witness Mark Whitby

'They unloaded five shots'

Stockwell events detailed

BBC correspondent Graham Satchell, at the Harrow Road incident, said the focus

of the large police presence appeared to be an internet cafe. As well as armed

officers in body armour, there were about seven police vehicles and an

ambulance, he said. People in the area were "nervous", he added. Station

evacuated Police have cordoned off a 200-metre area around Stockwell station.

The incident followed four attempted bombings in the capital on Thursday at

Oval, Warren Street, Shepherd's Bush stations and on a bus in Shoreditch in

east London. Passengers were evacuated from Stockwell station, which is on the

Northern Line and Victoria Line. Teams of forensic officers are working inside

the station, and police helicopters are hovering overhead. Services on the

Victoria and Northern lines were suspended following a request by the police.

Mr Whitby, told BBC News: "I was sitting on the train reading my paper. "I

heard a load of noise, people saying, 'Get out, get down!'

 

"I saw an Asian guy run onto the train hotly pursued by three plain-clothes

police officers. 'Bomb belt' "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. "I saw the gun being fired five times into

the guy - he is dead," he said.

BBC Home affairs correspondent Margaret Gilmore said officers had challenged a

known suspect they had been following. "He ran, they followed him. They say

they gave him a warning, they then shot him. "They brought in the air

ambulance. They did everything they can to revive him. He died at the scene."

Police had warned they would shoot to kill if they believed somebody to be a

threat, she added. BBC crime correspondent Neil Bennett said the suspect was

being followed as a result of CCTV footage seen by officers investigating

Thursday's explosions.

It's vital the police give a statement about what occurred and explain why the man was shot dead

Muslim Council of Britain

The Muslim Council of Britain said Muslims were concerned about a possible

"shoot to kill" policy. Spokesman Inayat Bunglawala said: "There may well be

reasons why the police felt it necessary to unload five shots into the man and

shoot him dead, but they need to make those reasons clear. "It's vital the

police give a statement about what occurred and explain why the man was shot

dead." Another passenger on the train, Anthony Larkin, told BBC News the man

had been wearing a "bomb belt with wires coming out". "I've seen these police

officers shouting, 'Get down, get down!', and I've seen this guy who appears to

have a bomb belt and wires coming out. "People were panicking and I heard shots

being fired."

The man burst in through the door to my right and grabbed hold of the pole and

a person by the glass partition near the door

Passenger Dan Copeland

Former Flying Squad officer, John O'Connor, told BBC News: "The man shot must

either be one of the bombers or a potential suicide bomber." Bombers "don't

always carry sports bags" and the man could easily have been wearing a bomb

belt, he added. If he had been challenged by police and failed to stop they

"have not got a lot of alternative", Mr O'Connor told BBC News. Officers would

be trained to aim for the head as shots to the torso could trigger a hidden

explosive device, he added. Londoner Dan Copeland was in the carriage in which

the man was shot. He told BBC News: "We were sitting for a few minutes on the

platform, then we heard shouting from the concourse between the two platforms.

I worry about travelling on public transport. We have just got to get on with life

Commuter

Calls grow over security on Tube

"Then the man burst in through the door to my right and grabbed hold of the pole

and a person by the glass partition near the door, diagonally opposite me. "An

officer jumped on the door to my left and screamed, 'Everybody out!' "People

just froze in their seats cowering for a few seconds and then leapt up. "As I

turned out the door onto the platform, I heard four dull bangs. "I ran past an

armed officer who was standing on the platform and ran up the stairs."

The bus driver found a rucksack split open on the top deck

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After Thursday's London blasts, the bombers fled when detonators went off,

causing small blasts, but failed to detonate the bombs themselves. A massive

hunt is under way for the men. Analysts believe evidence from the four scenes

could throw light onto the bomb attacks carried out on 7 July. The attempted

attacks caused travel chaos across the capital, with several lines closed and

Tube stations evacuated. Scotland Yard commissioner Sir Ian Blair said the

attacks had been intended to kill people.

 

1: Witnesses report seeing up to 20 plain clothes police officers chase a man

into Stockwell Tube station from the street

2: One person says the man vaulted the automatic ticket barriers as he made his way to the platforms

3: The most direct route is via this escalator or the staircase that sits alongside it

4: After running onto a northbound Northern line train, he is shot dead by police

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