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'SUICIDE BOMBER' SHOT
| Triplicate post, same source, Shep got there first by 3 minutes. I left this one with the comments. |
Police have shot a suspected suicide bomber at a tube station in south London. Marksmen opened fire near Stockwell Tube station as passengers were evacuated.
| "[BANG!] Stop or we'll shoot!" |
It is thought the man was killed. Passenger Briony Coetsee said: "We were on the Tube and then we suddenly heard someone say 'get out, get out' and then we heard gunshots."
"Roger! Wot's that sound?"
"Gunshots, Clive!" |
Sky News Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt said: "There is no word on whether he has been killed or simply injured."
If the suspect is confirmed to be a suicide bomber, it would mark the fifth attempted terrorist attack on London in less than a day. A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "We can confirm that just after 10am today armed officers shot a male at Stockwell underground station." The man is thought to have been either stepping on to the train or was on the platform. Brunt said: "He was probably shot in the head. There is no confirmation of that."
"Nice shot, Trevor. Jolly good."
"Quite, old boy, quite." |
Police have been given orders to shoot to kill if they believe someone is about to detonate a bomb. Brunt said "The officer or officers involved in this clearly felt this suspect was about to detonate a bomb."
| "Hmmm... It's July 22nd. Kind of hot outside. That fellow's wearing a parka. There's sweat streaming down his face. He's rolling his eyes and grimacing. There's a lighted fuse between his shoulder blades... Oh, what shall I do?" |
Tube services on the Victoria and Northern Lines were suspended at the request of police.
Posted by: phil_b 2005-07-22 |
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