London police shoots wrong guy
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A man was shot yesterday at Stockwell tube station by armed police officers. Word of mouth quickly spread afterwards, suggesting that the man was not one of the fleeing bombers, causing a great stir. The suspect was shot five times, one of which was in the head, early Friday morning by plain-clothes police officers. It was later announced that the man had no connection whatsoever to terrorists.
The police forces started the manhunt to find four terrorists responsible for the latest attacks, who are still believed to be in London. Following the shooting, North and Piccadilly lines were closed to operation.
Onlookers said that the police forces dragged the Asian-looking man down while he was attempting to get on the train. Later on, he was shot five times in the head.
However, other reports from eye-witnesses say that the man was shot down as he jumped onto the train.
Police said the man was being followed from a house that was under surveillance. and that he was wearing suspicious clothing.
First official announcement read that the man was one of the fleeing terrorists responsible for the other days attacks. Following the statement, he was identified as a terrorist candidate. Finally, Sky News claimed that the man had no connections with terrorism, suggesting that he might just as well have been an "innocent citizen".
Mayor of London Ken Livingstone said: "If you suspect someone's a suicide bomber, you "shoot and kill". You can't live things to chance."
Onlooker Mark Whitby told BBC: "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. 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."
Following the incident, the police forces arrested an unidentified person in the vicinity of the Stockwell station.