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police shoot suicide bomber at Stockwell LT station (London)
breaking news:
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1189920,00.html
breaking news:
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1189920,00.html
British police shoot suicide bomber at Stockwell station (merged)
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man chased onto a tube station by plain-clothed police, he jumped the barriers and managed to get onto a train, police then shot him. eyewitnesses state that he was wearing a bulky coat.
BREAKING NEWS -- UK Police SHOOT Possible Suicide Bomber -- 07/22/05
*** BREAKING NEWS -- 5:52AM Eastern Time -- 07/22/05 ***
According to Sky News:
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1189920,00.html
POLICE SHOOT SUSPECTED SUICIDE BOMBER
Police have shot a suspected suicide bomber near a tube station in south London.
Marksmen opened fire near Stockwell Tube station as passengers were evacuated. It was not clear what the suspect's injuries were.
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."
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.
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UPDATE: 5:58AM Eastern
SUICIDE BOMBER SHOT
Police have shot a suspected suicide bomber near a tube station in south London.
Marksmen opened fire near Stockwell Tube station as passengers were evacuated. 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."
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.
The 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."
Police have been given orders to shoot to kill if they believe someone is about to detonate a bomb.
Two underground lines are understood to have been closed following the incident.
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*** If this proves to be correct, it shows how an ARMED person can stop a suicide bomber terrorist attack. ***
*** BREAKING NEWS -- 5:52AM Eastern Time -- 07/22/05 ***
According to Sky News:
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1189920,00.html
POLICE SHOOT SUSPECTED SUICIDE BOMBER
Police have shot a suspected suicide bomber near a tube station in south London.
Marksmen opened fire near Stockwell Tube station as passengers were evacuated. It was not clear what the suspect's injuries were.
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."
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.
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UPDATE: 5:58AM Eastern
SUICIDE BOMBER SHOT
Police have shot a suspected suicide bomber near a tube station in south London.
Marksmen opened fire near Stockwell Tube station as passengers were evacuated. 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."
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.
The 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."
Police have been given orders to shoot to kill if they believe someone is about to detonate a bomb.
Two underground lines are understood to have been closed following the incident.
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*** If this proves to be correct, it shows how an ARMED person can stop a suicide bomber terrorist attack. ***
agricola
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Just been confirmed by the Metropolitan Police, at around 1000 a man was shot at Stockwell LT station.
Selfdfenz
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Interesting
In a way I hope the dude was not killed as he could be a valuable source of info
Wonder how they ID'd the dude?
Profiling prehaps????? I hope so. The PC idea that profiling in bad needs to go the way of the dodo.
Either way his days as a jihadist have been concluded
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In a way I hope the dude was not killed as he could be a valuable source of info
Wonder how they ID'd the dude?
Profiling prehaps????? I hope so. The PC idea that profiling in bad needs to go the way of the dodo.
Either way his days as a jihadist have been concluded
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I'm sitting here watching FoxNews and they have a British reporter on the line who is a SkyNews mouth.
I'm getting a little tired of hearing him repeat over and over how unusual it is to have a police shooting since guns are so rare in England and even the police rarely carry guns. He was also singing the praises for the surveillance cameras. :banghead:
I'm getting a little tired of hearing him repeat over and over how unusual it is to have a police shooting since guns are so rare in England and even the police rarely carry guns. He was also singing the praises for the surveillance cameras. :banghead:
Lone_Gunman
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Norton I think it is a little unusual, as most police over there don't carry guns. What are the chances an armed officer would actually come across a suicide bomber? Interesting story though.
agricola
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He was shot by plain-clothed Police, eyewitnesses state. Probably a follow by the anti-terrorist branch and, when he sussed them they blew him away - he was chased into the tube station and onto a Northern Line train.
If this was a suicide bomber, lets hope the "OWNED" picture is not too far away
If this was a suicide bomber, lets hope the "OWNED" picture is not too far away
bhart89
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They should have shot him yesterday after he was chased out of the tube but the police officer who had the gun probably wasn't around. :banghead:
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From the BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4706787.stm):
Last Updated: Friday, 22 July, 2005, 11:15 GMT 12:15 UK
Man shot dead by police on Tube
A man has been shot dead by armed officers at Stockwell Tube station, as police hunt four would-be bombers.
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.
"I saw the gun being fired five times into the guy - he is dead," he said.
Passengers were evacuated from the Northern Line station in south London. The incident followed four minor explosions in the capital on Thursday.
Police have cordoned off a 200-metre area around Stockwell station.
Services on the Victoria and Northern lines have been suspended following a request by the police, London Underground said.
Ambulances including an air ambulance have been sent to the scene at Stockwell.
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.
"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."
Passenger Alison Bowditch told BBC News: "The tube pulled into the station and we were sitting there, you know, as you do and then there was just a lot of shouting and the sound of gunfire and then people were saying, 'Get off, get off!'
"Somebody definitely went to the ground and as they went to the ground I heard gun fire and assumed they had been shot."
Jason Dines, of Brixton, south London, was on a train that pulled in to Stockwell station at about 1000 BST.
He told BBC News: "I suddenly became aware there was a real sense of panic.
"I could see people running down the platform to the exit.
"People on my train started banging on the doors, saying, 'Let us off, let us off!'
"They were making so much noise, it was impossible to hear the driver's announcements.
"The fear was contagious - I felt my heart racing.
"The doors of the train opened - but the driver was trying to get everyone to get back on the train.
"The PA system on the platform was clearer.
"Once people got the message they got back onto my train, and we continued on our way.
"At that point people were saying they had seen armed police shoot a man on the opposite platform.
"People were very scared. I was very angry."
After Thursday's London blasts, the bombers fled after detonators went off, causing small blasts, but failed to detonate the bombs themselves.
Last Updated: Friday, 22 July, 2005, 11:15 GMT 12:15 UK
Man shot dead by police on Tube
A man has been shot dead by armed officers at Stockwell Tube station, as police hunt four would-be bombers.
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.
"I saw the gun being fired five times into the guy - he is dead," he said.
Passengers were evacuated from the Northern Line station in south London. The incident followed four minor explosions in the capital on Thursday.
Police have cordoned off a 200-metre area around Stockwell station.
Services on the Victoria and Northern lines have been suspended following a request by the police, London Underground said.
Ambulances including an air ambulance have been sent to the scene at Stockwell.
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.
"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."
Passenger Alison Bowditch told BBC News: "The tube pulled into the station and we were sitting there, you know, as you do and then there was just a lot of shouting and the sound of gunfire and then people were saying, 'Get off, get off!'
"Somebody definitely went to the ground and as they went to the ground I heard gun fire and assumed they had been shot."
Jason Dines, of Brixton, south London, was on a train that pulled in to Stockwell station at about 1000 BST.
He told BBC News: "I suddenly became aware there was a real sense of panic.
"I could see people running down the platform to the exit.
"People on my train started banging on the doors, saying, 'Let us off, let us off!'
"They were making so much noise, it was impossible to hear the driver's announcements.
"The fear was contagious - I felt my heart racing.
"The doors of the train opened - but the driver was trying to get everyone to get back on the train.
"The PA system on the platform was clearer.
"Once people got the message they got back onto my train, and we continued on our way.
"At that point people were saying they had seen armed police shoot a man on the opposite platform.
"People were very scared. I was very angry."
After Thursday's London blasts, the bombers fled after detonators went off, causing small blasts, but failed to detonate the bombs themselves.
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Go London Police. This moron was wearing a heavy coat. IN LONDON IN JULY, he jumped the turnstyle was chased down and killed. No 72 virgins for Abdul on this one..............maybe a 72 year old hooker 
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From the Times, London (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22989-1704399,00.html):
July 22, 2005
Suspected bomber shot dead at London Tube station
By Simon Freeman, Times Online
A suspected suicide bomber was shot dead by police this morning after vaulting a security barrier at a London Underground station and attempting to board a stationary Tube train.
Passengers described how an Asian man in a baseball cap and padded coat leapt the barrier at Stockwell station in South London and ran down escalators onto the platform.
Police in flak jackets screamed at other passengers on the Northern Line train to get down before a marksman fired five shots at the suspect, who had fallen or tripped to the ground. He is believed to have been killed instantly.
Passengers were evacuated from the station at just after 10am. The Northern and Victoria lines, which both pass through the station, were immediately closed and bridges across the Thames were closed.
Scotland Yard said: "We can confirm that just after 10am today armed officers shot a male at Stockwell underground station." They later confirmed he had been killed. Police operate a shoot-to-kill policy on suspected suicide bombers.
Police sources have said that the man was one of the attackers involved in yesterday’s failed bombings across London, according to Sky News.
Witness Mark Whitby, speaking to BBC News 24, reported the man was shot five times at close range after he had jumped on to a train.
He said that the train was standing in the station with its doors open when the Asian man ran on, pursued by three plain-clothes officers. He tripped and was also pushed to the floor and one of the officers shot him five times. Mr Whitby said the man was dead.
He said: "The man was wearing a baseball cap and a thick padded coat, most unusual for this type of weather. It was absolute mayhem. As I was coming up the escalator around 15 or 20 armed police ran down carrying hand guns or sub-machineguns.
"I saw them unload five shots into him."
Passenger Briony Coetsee, 23, said: "We were on the Tube when we suddenly heard someone say ’get out, get out’ and then we heard gunshots - someone was shooting.
"Somebody in plain clothes who I thought was a civilian cop had his gun out and started shooting and told us to get out."
Chris Martin said he was waiting on the northbound Northern line platform at Stockwell station and a train had pulled in when several men burst on to the platform about 20 yards from him.
"There was a lot of shouting, I thought it was football fans or something," he said.
"There was obviously some sort of altercation going on, and then they came flying on to the platform and these guys just threw this man into the open doors of the train.
"Then I heard shots, I thought it was three but someone else said five. It sounded like a silencer gun going off, and then there was blind panic, with people shouting and screaming and just running away.
"I didn’t actually see the gun, but I heard this ‘bang, bang, bang’. When I left the station a guy called Mark who had been on the train said they had shot the man dead, no doubt about it."
Chris Wells, a 28-year-old company manager, said he was travelling on the Victoria Line towards Vauxhall when he left the train at Stockwell.
He saw about 20 police officers, some of them armed, rushing into the station before a man jumped over the barriers with police giving chase.
He said: "There were at least 20 of them (officers) and they were carrying big black guns.
"The next thing I saw was this guy jump over the barriers and the police officers were chasing after him and everyone was just shouting ’get out, get out"’.
An ambulance service spokesman said that an air ambulance had been sent to the scene.
Stockwell is one stop south of Oval, the scene of one of yesterday's attempted bombings. The station was sealed off to the public and a number of surrounding roads were closed.
Meanwhile, East London mosque in Whitechapel was surrounded by armed police following a telephoned bomb threat. Neighbours were told to stay indoors and the area was cordoned off.
The shooting came as police were hunting for the four bombers behind the failed attempt to cause more carnage in the capital yesterday. Four men tried to explode suspected rucksack bombs at Oval, Shepherd’s Bush and Warren Street Tube stations and on a bus in Hackney, East London. All failed to detonate and no-one was hurt.
A statement posted today on an Islamic website in the name of an al Qaeda-linked group claimed responsibility for the latest blasts. The group, Abu Hafs al Masri Brigade, also claimed responsibility for the July 7 bombings which killed 52 people and four suicide bombers.
The statement’s authenticity could not be immediately verified.
July 22, 2005
Suspected bomber shot dead at London Tube station
By Simon Freeman, Times Online
A suspected suicide bomber was shot dead by police this morning after vaulting a security barrier at a London Underground station and attempting to board a stationary Tube train.
Passengers described how an Asian man in a baseball cap and padded coat leapt the barrier at Stockwell station in South London and ran down escalators onto the platform.
Police in flak jackets screamed at other passengers on the Northern Line train to get down before a marksman fired five shots at the suspect, who had fallen or tripped to the ground. He is believed to have been killed instantly.
Passengers were evacuated from the station at just after 10am. The Northern and Victoria lines, which both pass through the station, were immediately closed and bridges across the Thames were closed.
Scotland Yard said: "We can confirm that just after 10am today armed officers shot a male at Stockwell underground station." They later confirmed he had been killed. Police operate a shoot-to-kill policy on suspected suicide bombers.
Police sources have said that the man was one of the attackers involved in yesterday’s failed bombings across London, according to Sky News.
Witness Mark Whitby, speaking to BBC News 24, reported the man was shot five times at close range after he had jumped on to a train.
He said that the train was standing in the station with its doors open when the Asian man ran on, pursued by three plain-clothes officers. He tripped and was also pushed to the floor and one of the officers shot him five times. Mr Whitby said the man was dead.
He said: "The man was wearing a baseball cap and a thick padded coat, most unusual for this type of weather. It was absolute mayhem. As I was coming up the escalator around 15 or 20 armed police ran down carrying hand guns or sub-machineguns.
"I saw them unload five shots into him."
Passenger Briony Coetsee, 23, said: "We were on the Tube when we suddenly heard someone say ’get out, get out’ and then we heard gunshots - someone was shooting.
"Somebody in plain clothes who I thought was a civilian cop had his gun out and started shooting and told us to get out."
Chris Martin said he was waiting on the northbound Northern line platform at Stockwell station and a train had pulled in when several men burst on to the platform about 20 yards from him.
"There was a lot of shouting, I thought it was football fans or something," he said.
"There was obviously some sort of altercation going on, and then they came flying on to the platform and these guys just threw this man into the open doors of the train.
"Then I heard shots, I thought it was three but someone else said five. It sounded like a silencer gun going off, and then there was blind panic, with people shouting and screaming and just running away.
"I didn’t actually see the gun, but I heard this ‘bang, bang, bang’. When I left the station a guy called Mark who had been on the train said they had shot the man dead, no doubt about it."
Chris Wells, a 28-year-old company manager, said he was travelling on the Victoria Line towards Vauxhall when he left the train at Stockwell.
He saw about 20 police officers, some of them armed, rushing into the station before a man jumped over the barriers with police giving chase.
He said: "There were at least 20 of them (officers) and they were carrying big black guns.
"The next thing I saw was this guy jump over the barriers and the police officers were chasing after him and everyone was just shouting ’get out, get out"’.
An ambulance service spokesman said that an air ambulance had been sent to the scene.
Stockwell is one stop south of Oval, the scene of one of yesterday's attempted bombings. The station was sealed off to the public and a number of surrounding roads were closed.
Meanwhile, East London mosque in Whitechapel was surrounded by armed police following a telephoned bomb threat. Neighbours were told to stay indoors and the area was cordoned off.
The shooting came as police were hunting for the four bombers behind the failed attempt to cause more carnage in the capital yesterday. Four men tried to explode suspected rucksack bombs at Oval, Shepherd’s Bush and Warren Street Tube stations and on a bus in Hackney, East London. All failed to detonate and no-one was hurt.
A statement posted today on an Islamic website in the name of an al Qaeda-linked group claimed responsibility for the latest blasts. The group, Abu Hafs al Masri Brigade, also claimed responsibility for the July 7 bombings which killed 52 people and four suicide bombers.
The statement’s authenticity could not be immediately verified.
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Duplicate threads merged.
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British Police shoot suspect
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With tension as high as it is, I would not think now is a good time to run from or towards the police over there!
Let's hope they can manage this mess in London.
Does anyone know what pistols these plainclothes, British police use?
Not sure if they are regular British police or anti-terrorist officers. My understanding is the (assumed) bg was shot 4 or 5 times with an automatic.
Does anyone know what pistols these plainclothes, British police use?
Not sure if they are regular British police or anti-terrorist officers. My understanding is the (assumed) bg was shot 4 or 5 times with an automatic.
El Tejon
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Jolly good show then.
Silver Bullet
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Guns for the police but no guns for the little people.
mzmtg
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If they had even stricter gun control, this would never have happened?
(Is that what I'm supposed to think?)
(Is that what I'm supposed to think?)
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