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Iran accuses Canadian police of killing Iranian
EFLTehran stepped up the war of words with Ottawa on Thursday, accusing Canadian police of killing an Iranian man in Vancouver and demanding that the Canadian government bring those responsible to justice. News agencies reported that Iranian state radio had called the killing a "criminal act." Those blood thirsty canadian cops! Wire services cited Iranian state radio accusations that police in Vancouver had "attacked" three young Iranians on Tuesday, and killed one of them identified as Keyvan Tabesh. A young Iranian émigré was, indeed, killed in Vancouver â although it occurred several weeks ago. Port Moody police say that a young man identified as Mr. Tabesh was shot dead by an out-of-uniform police officer as he ran at the officer waving a machete. Yeah, that sounds like probable cause to me. Mr. Tabesh was shot dead after his car was followed into a dead end by a police officer responding to a radio call. With no escape, Port Moody spokesman Constable Brian Soles told The Globe and Mail, two of the occupants of the car jumped out and ran at the policeman. Constable Soles said the officer fired his gun when he felt he was under attack. Machetes have that affect on people. Family members have apparently been told that the officer who shot Mr. Tabesh was off-duty; police have conceded that the man was not wearing his uniform and was not driving a marked police car. So what? "There may be an issue about whether the police officer identified himself," Constable Soles said. "He has a responsibility to do it, if he is able to." In any case, he added, Mr. Tabesh was about to attack someone. "If a mistake was made, it is certainly clear that it was [Mr. Tabesh and the unidentified passenger in the car] that made it." He violated the "Donât bring a knife to a gunfight" rule. A Foreign Ministry spokesman in Tehran suggested that there is a lack of freedom in the Canadian media, saying that controls are imposed by the Canadian government and that "the strong censorship of this story creates more ambiguities." Unlike the free and open press in Iran. The spokesman called for "an explicit and transparent and satisfactory explanation" and the punishment of those responsible, a near-echo of Ottawaâs demands in the Kazemi case. What a suprise, didnât see that one coming. Posted by: Steve 2003-07-24 |
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