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| Man shot dead in UK police operation in central England |
| 2019-01-06 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] British police say a 31-year-old man has been rubbed out by armed officers in central England, and two others were detained at the scene following an "intelligence-led" operation. Police say officers were acting on a warrant at a residence in the city of Coventry, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) southeast of Birmingham, late Friday. They didn’t provide details about the nature of the operation, or why officers opened fire. Witnesses described a large number of officers and police vehicles descending on the largely residential area north of the city center. The Independent Office for Police Conduct said Saturday it has opened an inquiry after West Midlands Police reported the fatality during a "pre-planned operation." The area remained cordoned off Saturday. Unarmed ex-squaddie, 31, who friends say was 'shot in the back by armed police in drugs bust gone wrong while staying at friend's home' [Dail Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
An ex-squaddie was killed by coppers after being shot in the back in a 'drugs bust gone wrong' during an intelligence-led raid at an address in Coventry. Friends claim that car trader Sean Fitzgerald, 31, was just visiting friends when armed officers burst into the house on Burnaby Road in Coventry, a working class street which has several shops and homes on it, on Friday night. Cory Brown, 28, also claimed that police used ladders to enter through the windows of the house where cannabis was allegedly being grown by others. Cory, a groundworker, said Sean was unarmed, there were no weapons in the home, and claims he was trying to run away because he was scared. He said: 'He was my friend. All of the lads inside the house were my friends. They were all in the house unarmed. |
| Posted by:Fred |